as in decrease
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That target implies a 14.2% decrease from Apple’s latest close.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025 -
Under Bukele's tenure, El Salvador has seen a dramatic decrease in its crime rate.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
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For flood mitigation and water retention, technology has evolved, and research now shows that the deforestation needed for hydropower construction directly worsens these problems.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The costs go to various responses, including on-the-ground response teams, vaccine doses and vaccination clinics, case reporting, contact tracing, mitigation plans, infection prevention, data systems, and other technical assistance to state health departments.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2025
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Tim Cook Sally Shin | CNBC Technology stocks declined Tuesday, erasing earlier gains after a broad market relief rally faded.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2025
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But following a hearing last month for a longer preliminary injunction, McFadden granted that relief.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2025
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But states will likely respond with a combination of retaliation, appeasement, and diversification.—
Eswar Prasad,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Apr. 2025
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Sheinbaum’s policy of Trump appeasement may well be the least-bad course open to Mexico.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Assuagement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assuagement. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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