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The phrase "a decrease of about" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing changes in quantity, size, or value, typically in statistical or analytical contexts.
Example: "The report indicated a decrease of about 15% in sales compared to last year."
Alternatives: "a reduction of approximately" or "a decline of roughly".
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A decrease of about 44% was observed at 20% of nanostructured CKD.
The reduction means that a total of 19.6 million shares will now be available, a decrease of about 6.1 million shares.
Under these assumptions, the calculated trendline to 2020 shows a decrease of about 34%, whereas the target recommends an increase of about 8%.
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust announced its monthly dividend of 25.4539 cents per share, a decrease of about 24% from its prior dividend in July of 33.7 cents.
However, the effect of ebselen (a decrease of about 60%) was higher than that of (PhSe 2 (a decrease of about 20%) and that of (PhTe 2 (a decrease of about 25% in leucocyte viability, Figure 2).
However, there was a decrease of about 11.5% in 2003 and a decrease of about 1.5% in 2004 compared to 2002, and a small decrease of 0.3% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Finally, the repeated measure ANOVA shows that FE NO varies significantly over the week with a decrease of about 12% between the two first measurements and the others.
The bisulfite data are in agreement with previous data obtained in mouse zygotes where a decrease of about 28% methylation for LINE1 elements was found [ 11].
That is a decrease of about one-third from 2010.
A decrease of about 50% was observed at 10% NMK.
And two large pediatric emergency departments reported a decrease of about 11percentt.
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