in decline

idiom

: to become less powerful, wealthy, etc.

There was a general feeling that the country was in decline.

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Starring Françoise Lebrun, Bernadette Lafont and Jean-Pierre Léaud, the film is a portrait of a generation in microcosm and idealism in decline, as a brief three-way relationship tears the main characters apart. —Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024

The trio are among a dwindling group of courtroom sketch artists whose numbers are in decline as more jurisdictions have begun allowing journalists to photograph and film legal proceedings. —Joe Hernandez, NPR, 7 May 2024

According to the report, this is the fourth annual consecutive increase after the rate had been in decline since 2009 and the highest rate since 32.7% in 2013. —Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2024

Proponents of the argument that China is now in decline point primarily to its economy. —Evan S. Medeiros, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024

And in China, factory jobs have been in decline for more than a decline, both in absolute terms and as a share total employment. —Byjason Ma, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2024

While the distinct 3-million-year-old population of Yarrow's lizard species is presumed extinct in the Mule Mountains, its distant relatives still exist in other mountainous locations in Arizona and Mexico — though many are also in decline. —David Schechter, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2024

After the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957 and Khrushchev proclaimed their superiority, many Americans believed the Eisenhower administration was stagnant and the US in decline. —TIME, 17 Apr. 2024

Manufacturing, meanwhile, has been in decline since mid-2023. —Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 11 Apr. 2024