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The phrase "a decrease in average" is not correct as it is incomplete and lacks clarity.
It can be used when discussing statistical data or trends, but it should be more specific, such as "a decrease in average temperature" or "a decrease in average sales."
Example: "The report indicated a decrease in average sales over the last quarter."
Alternatives: "a drop in average" or "a reduction in average".
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The eigenvector approach produces the least linearly dependent results, but exhibits a decrease in average efficiency.
Companies that owned equity stakes at the time of the tax reform experience a decrease in average announcement returns relative to the control group of 1.2%%.
Coinciding with the increase in NR density, a decrease in average NR diameter and length is observed.
Increasing harshness of alkali treatment caused a decrease in average FA content of AXs and elasticity of gels.
The results indicate that increase of the slip coefficient leads to an increase in Nusselt number and a decrease in average entropy generation rate.
Globally, total deal volume, as measured by dollar value, increased by 47.3% to $299.58 billion, whereas in the U.S., a decrease in average deal size led to a 38.7% decrease in total dollar volume to $65.91 billion.
This hardness increment is owing to grain size refinement via SPD, i.e., an increase in the Df-c enables high εs, leading to a decrease in average grain size.
We suggest that our data are best explained by a shift in the nature of water rock interactions, from near-coastal in the Archaean era to predominantly continental in the Proterozoic, accompanied by a decrease in average surface temperatures.
Scanning electron microscopy analysis shows that the fibre morphologies varied across PLA-drug and PLA-collagen-drug samples − the addition of collagen caused a decrease in average fibre diameter by nearly half, and produced nanofibres.
For the model toxin, the OWLS measurements indicate that, at concentrations above 0.01%, the cells exhibit a clearly discernable morphological effect (i.e. a decrease in average cell contact area).
The morphology of the fibers was observed by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), showing a decrease in average fiber diameter with increasing APS content, resulted from significantly increased solution conductivity.
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