The phrase "a decline of roughly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing approximate changes or reductions in data, statistics, or other measurable quantities.
Example: "The report indicated a decline of roughly 20% in sales over the last quarter."
Alternatives: "a decrease of approximately" or "a drop of about".
The number of backlogged claims dropped from 611,000 in March 2013 to 292,300 in May 2014, a decline of roughly 52%, according to VA data.
In its financial forecasts for the current quarter, Apple provided numbers that suggest a decline of roughly 20 percent in earnings a share, according to Mr. Sacconaghi's calculations.
From 50,000 people shortly after World War II, the city now numbers about 29,000, a decline of roughly 40 percent.
For example, over the same period, the Standard & Poor's 500 had a decline of roughly 32percentthethe state fund is broadly invested beyond the large American corporations that make up the S.&P.
That was one explanation offered by Alan Fisco, the vice president of circulation and marketing for The Seattle Times, in a memorandum on Monday to his staff about a decline of roughly 8percentt in circulation.
Since the beginning of the year, she added, she and half a dozen other Monmouth and Ocean County architects whom she informally surveyed by telephone have seen a decline of roughly 15percentt in the inquiries they receive about "teardown and build" projects.
For that purpose, concentrations were chosen that resulted in a viability decline of roughly 10, 40, and 60%%.
In all, Global Insight expects a decline of 4percentt, or roughly 10percentt in inflation-adjusted terms, between the peak earlier this year and the projected low point in 2009.
Yet because the increase has come in a series of small increments, usually no more than a few percentage points, smoking rates have hardly deviated from their historic rates of decline of roughly 1percentt a year.
While the defense sector has weathered the storm on Wall Street better than most the DFI is off about 31% year-to-date compared to the S&P 500 Index's (SPX) decline of roughly 39%– NOC has emerged as a laggard.
The stock has failed to take full advantage of the recent rebound in technology stocks, and it currently sits on a year-to-date loss of more than 22% compared to the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite's (COMP) decline of roughly 7%.
