The phrase "a decline of almost" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a decrease in quantity, value, or performance that is nearly a specific amount or percentage.
Example: "The report indicated a decline of almost 20% in sales compared to last year."
Alternatives: "a drop of nearly" or "a reduction of about".
Last year, 39,000 auto thefts were reported, a decline of almost 74percentt.
2009: Year-on-year slump in package holidays to Europe from 13.9m to 10.7m, a decline of almost one-quarter.
Tiger lost $1.6 billion on bad currency bets that year, producing a decline of almost 4percentt for 1998.
Regulatory restrictions mean that banks no longer hold as much inventory in the form of bonds; since 2002, there has been a decline of almost three-quarters.
So far, the crisis has caused a decline of almost 15 percent in the euro's value against the U.S. dollar, and more may be coming.
Some of that is explained by a decline of almost 30,000 in the labor force, but the main difference is simply that more people are unemployed.
Starting from that quarter gives us a decline of $3,002.96, almost exactly the number Mr. Romney cited.
Most forecasts for the year have already been surpassed, which means a euro at $1.20, or a dollar decline of almost 13percentt in 2003, is not out of the question.
Though it swung to a profit, Viacom's film unit, Paramount, had a revenue decline of almost 10 percent, in part because it continued to be dragged down by weaker DVD sales.
Market declines of that duration are unusual: the S.& P. last dropped for six weeks in 2002, with a total decline of almost 15 percent, according to Yardeni Research.
But over the last year, investors have been fleeing Janus as its funds have plummeted, and the assets of the company have plunged from $330 billion in March 2000 to $200 billion at the end of July -- a staggering decline of almost 40percentthatat has sliced away at the profits of its parent company, Stilwell Financial, a Kansas financial holding company.
