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The phrase "a decrease of around" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction in quantity, amount, or value, often in a statistical or analytical context.
Example: "The report indicated a decrease of around 15% in sales compared to the previous quarter."
Alternatives: "a reduction of approximately" or "a drop of about".
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The results of the project allow obtaining a specific optimal configuration of control, wall thickness, operating pressure and tank dimensions, pointing out a decrease of around 20% on the operating pressure.
Even more alarmingly, the number of charities with basic digital skills has dropped from 45 to 42% from a year ago – a decrease of around 6,000 charities, showing a continued lack of digital adoption.
However, the mature trees now show a decrease of around 250 300 mm in the annual streamflow compared with the original vegetation and a decrease of around 350 mm in the annual streamflow compared with when the site was ploughed.
The surface ozone measurements at Thessaloniki display a decrease of around 10 15 ppbv during the solar eclipse.
For example, the Welsh government's total budget for health this year is £5.495bn, with next year's projected to be £5.489bn - a decrease of around 0.09%.
The shRNAi cells were largely restricted in their tumourigenicity, giving rise to fewer and smaller colonies with a decrease of around 35 40% (P<0.0003) compared with the mock, which was maintained through the course of cellular passages.
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The changes in albedo observed at Portillo, in the Chilean Andes, were an increase of around 0.17 units after a heavy snowfall (20 cm accumulation), an increase of around 0.07 after a prolonged lighter snowfall (10 cm accumulation), and a mean decrease of around 0.08 units per day with heavy traffic (around 2000 vehicles per day).
Sprint's Nextel division shed subscribers, however, making for a net decrease of around 0.7percentt.
All other phosphoinositides identified remained largely unaltered, although PtdIns(4,5 P2 showed a modest decrease of around 20%.
This represents a decrease of only around 4.5% from the model including time and group to that including all of the micronutrient variables.
Cephalopods are less efficient in osmoregulation than fish: their tolerance to salinity variation is weak and their development is rapidly affected by an increase or a decrease of 10% around their optimal.
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