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The phrase "appeared to decrease" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation or observation where something seems to be diminishing or reducing in quantity or intensity.
Example: "The data from the last quarter indicated that sales appeared to decrease compared to the previous period."
Alternatives: "seemed to decline" or "looked like it was reducing."
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And it appeared to decrease liability claims and costs.
Potassium supplements appeared to decrease pain intensity.
All products appeared to decrease smoking urges and nicotine withdrawal symptom scores to a similar extent.
In general, the adsorption amount appeared to decrease with the increase in ionic strength.
Increasing propagule sources heterogeneity and connectivity appeared to decrease within-metacommunity similarity within landscapes.
Accuracy of the freeze point prediction results also appeared to decrease significantly when n-paraffin > 0.05.
The particle size and density appeared to decrease with the increase of rejuvenation cycle.
As shown in Table 2, the CAC values of copolymers appeared to decrease with increasing in PLA block length.
As shown in Table 2, the CAC values of copolymers appeared to decrease with increasing of PLA block length.
However, long-term rainfall change in the selected time span, appeared to decrease at a non-significant rate (R2 = 0.066).
However, protease extracted from the heated sample appeared to decrease significantly (p < 0.05) as shown in Figure 1.
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