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The phrase "a decreasing number" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used to describe a number that is getting smaller or decreasing in value. Example: "The company's profits have been declining for the past three months, with a decreasing number of sales each month."
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Another reason to read "The Giving Tree": a new study finds a decreasing number of children's books depicting nature.
He is one of a decreasing number of prelates appointed before 1978 when the current Pope, John Paul II, was elected.
Aviation workers' unions have expressed concern, though, that a decreasing number of airlines would mean far fewer jobs and would turn the industry into an anticompetitive cartel.
However, a decreasing number of rainy days is detected almost over the entire basin.
The rate increased with a decreasing number of chlorine substituents on the ethylene.
From north to south across the permafrost area in North America, a decreasing number of wedges crack frequently.
The message emerging from Scenario 11 is threefold: a decline in the demand for gasoline, consumer resistance to price increases, and a decreasing number of service stations.
Networks with the larger average distance between consecutive sites resulted in a decreasing number of optimally monitored compounds.
"When it comes to the new headquarters of non-European countries – Chinese companies for their European branch, for example – a decreasing number of them will choose Britain," he said.
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Placentomal fusion was common, resulting in increased size and a decreased number of placentomes.
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