The phrase "avoid a decline" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing strategies or actions taken to prevent a decrease in performance, quality, or value.
Example: "To ensure the company's growth, we must implement measures to avoid a decline in sales this quarter."
Alternatives: "prevent a downturn" or "stop a decrease".
For 2001, said James E. Press, Toyota's executive vice president for North American sales, "We really think we will avoid a decline".
The aim is to have plans in place to pick up after the 2012 Games finish in September and so avoid a decline that has affected every host in recent times.
And to avoid a decline in genuine savings when natural capital is reduced, the other forms of capital need to increase.
The players union, wanting to avoid a decline in salaries, opposed changes to the salary cap system, in particular those involving the Larry Bird exception.
NIH is likely to struggle in the coming years to meet its current obligations while avoiding a decline in opportunities for young biomedical scientists; arguably, NIH didn't do all that well supporting young scientists even in the midst of the rapid expansion.
If for example, subject's responses to the PTO-Up procedure reveal that the distance between health states C and A gained upwards is 0.4, and this individual's mean WAD is 1.5, which implies a preference towards preventive care, avoiding a decline from A to C would be calculated as 0.54.
But we may have no choice if we want to avoid a precipitous decline in our accustomed standard of living.
The oil-producing group typically reduces its output in the second quarter of the year to avoid a steep decline in prices.
Demographers generally agree that China should be, if anything, encouraging more births to avoid a precipitous decline in the working-age population.
But if we had to go through a process like that it has to be quick, it has to be 'in and out' in order to avoid a significant decline in revenue".
