Sentence examples for if not declining from inspiring English sources

"Citizens know the market is slow if not declining," Ms. Lopez said, "and they are informed and feel comfortable in challenging their county values.

All of my projections rely on a base assumption of a volatile, if not declining economy.

Wages for most sectors of the middle class adjusted for inflation have been flat if not declining for decades.

If not, decline the gift.

If you want to attend, great; if not, decline.

The unspeakable truth is that we may well be on the leading edge of a prolonged period of national stagnation, if not decline.

They're the usual suspects in a political landscape nearly incomprehensible to outsiders, where the same politicians fade in and out, promising reform and delivering stasis if not decline.

If not, declines will not staunch, and the Windows division will continue to cede leadership inside of Microsoft.

"Current valuations of computer-related stocks are currently too high given the Fed's decision to raise interest rates," said Larry Rice of Josephtal & Co. "Recent rate hikes imply that P/E multiple growth should slow if not decline.

If smoking had not declined since 2001, there would have been at least 24,000 additional teenage smokers.

In Greece, required by Europe to follow a course of harsh austerity, that spending has fallen rapidly, even if it has not declined as rapidly as some Europeans want.