Beginning in early 2007, occupancy had been in a steady state of decline through the second quarter of 2009. (nreionline.com)
Is the company going into a permanent state of decline? (thebalance.com)
Before 1979, the data are less comprehensive, but shipping records and other evidence show that the ice extent has been in a continued state of decline for at least the last hundred years. (nsidc.org)