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Declined in a sentence
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Declined meaning
simple past and past participle of decline
Example sentences (20)
Added to that, the percentage of professional investors classifying ESG ratings as “useful” declined year-over-year.
After that, we’d text randomly but when I suggested being friends only because I’m in a relationship, they declined.
Alcoa stock has declined by close to 10% over the last month and remains down by close to 24% over the past year.
After offering to take their plates the waiter tells Dominik that his card was declined, and he doesn't understand why.
After peaking in the early 1980s, the number of people getting struck and killed by drivers steadily declined for decades.
Alongside the steep fall in food inflation, core inflation, which has tended to be more sticky in nature, has also declined.
After reaching peak levels in 2021, forward price-to-earnings ratios declined across all equity segments.
A Blue Jays spokesman declined requests to interview Romano, Savedoff and coach Bob Babb for this story.
American officials have declined to comment on who the Iranian prisoners are who might be released.
A lawyer from the firm representing Bivolaru declined to comment when approached by CNN on Friday.
Artemi Panarin, who declined to talk about his game following practice Sunday, is still searching for his first tally of the series.
According to Reed, he declined Sanders’ offer instead of choosing to accept the head coaching position at Bethune-Cookman University.
After being the main culprit early on in the season, Sabet said influenza numbers have declined.
According to the data, exports have also declined by 23 percent in February on an annual basis.
Army High Command has reached out to Dar the Beastmaster, who unfortunately declined our offer.
Arts Minister Carmel Sepuloni and Associate Arts Minister Willow-Jean Prime both declined comment, referring the matter to Creative NZ.
An official at South Korea's finance ministry declined to confirm the report, citing the legal and diplomatic sensitivity of the matter.
Apart from his former band Take That, Robbie Williams reportedly also declined the invitation.
Asked to respond to the court challenge, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos declined to comment.
Jim Biden’s representatives declined to respond to a question about Sudduth’s firing and Sudduth declined to comment.
Phrases with declined
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Common combinations with declined
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- declined to 123×
- declined by 16×
- has declined 16×
- spokesperson declined 10×
- also declined 8×
- have declined 8×
- declined in 7×
- but declined 6×
- had declined 5×
- declined and 5×
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