The phrase "a decline that started" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the beginning of a decrease or reduction in a particular context, such as economic, social, or environmental issues.
Example: "The report highlights a decline that started in the early 2000s, affecting various sectors of the economy."
Alternatives: "a decrease that began" or "a downturn that commenced".
Business investment in equipment and software continued a decline that started in the fourth quarter of 2000.
Dance may be working its way back into film after a decline that started for the movie musical in the 1950's.
Opinions about housing seem to change in rather trendy ways, but investor enthusiasm for housing has now been down for more than five years — a decline that started well before the collapse of the housing bubble in 2007.
If we consider four-year college graduates only, average starting salaries, inflation-adjusted, were higher in 2000 than they are today, a decline that started well before the financial crisis.
Sun Microsystems shares rose more than 3% Wednesday, after the server and software maker reported a profit for its fiscal fourth quarter and proclaimed demand has stabilized after a decline that started with the dot-com bust of 2000.
After a decline that started in the 1970s, black lung disease has seen a disturbing uptick in many pockets of coal country in the last 15 years or so.
The BSP of L0d1a furthermore showed a recent decline that started at ~4 ka, coinciding with the end of the Wilton technocomplex that started at ~8 ka, and is often considered a 'classic' LSA expression of complex, modern hunter-gatherer societies [ 57].
From 1850 to 2000, the Spanish population changed dramatically from a population clearly dominated by children and young adults until 1975 to a population that ages rapidly due to the fertility decline that started in 1975.
Leonard Canton, chairman of the North Amityville Community Economic Council, attributed the 20 years of decline that started in the late 1960's to an exodus of middle-class blacks.
I have suggested three main reasons for this decline that started already some 8 or so years ago.
Q. Are investors still recovering from the market decline that started in March 2000? A. People are shellshocked throughout the investment community.
