The phrase "avoiding a decline" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing strategies or actions taken to prevent a decrease in performance, quality, or status.
Example: "The company implemented new marketing strategies aimed at avoiding a decline in sales during the off-season."
Alternatives: "preventing a downturn" or "staving off a decrease".
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.
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.
An investigation of the off-site costs of clearing forested watersheds in the highlands indicated a substantial annual budget allocated for dredging to avoid a decline in hydroelectric power generation.
"Our central scenario is for a soft landing, but a more abrupt slowdown remains a possibility if China is not successful in striking the right balance between preventing generalized overheating and avoiding a large decline in investment," he said.
One could argue that General Electric did this under Jack Welch, avoiding a slow decline into an old-industry dinosaur, though it took Welch decades to craft the turnaround.
