in decline

idiom

: to become less powerful, wealthy, etc.

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

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Emma Murray said that her mother’s health had been in decline in the year before her death, and Garth Daybell, who lived at home at the time, said his mother hadn’t been feeling well that night. —Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 30 May 2024

City and state officials, including Mayor Brandon Scott and Gov. Wes Moore, have voiced support for the $900 million proposal, a $500 million private investment that would need $400 in public funds, seeing it as a chance to revitalize an attraction in decline and spur additional downtown growth. —Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2024

That each movie offers a vision of a culture in decline seems too on the nose for this festival, where attendees celebrate the art amid nervous chatter about the state of the industry. —Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 18 May 2024

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