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"represent a decrease" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a decrease, decline, or drop in an amount or quantity. For example, "The fall in revenue this quarter represents a decrease of 12%."
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However, if accurate, that figure would represent a decrease of $66m on the total raised by Mitt Romney in July 2012.
The move will represent a decrease of about 11percentt in the agencies' nonlabor costs like travel, vehicles, equipment and postage, the governor's office said.
This year's 24 agreements exceed the number of agreements in 2017 by two, but represent a decrease from 2016, when there were 39 agreements.
And while these figures represent a decrease from those of prior years due to China's recently enacted capital controls, investment figures rebounded in the second quarter of 2017 and are predicted to increase, reflecting China's continued interest in the UK market notwithstanding Brexit.
That figure would represent a decrease from 2008, in part because of lower spending by candidates in the primaries: President Obama, the incumbent, had no significant opposition, and the Republican candidates on the whole raised much less than the field did in 2008.
That would represent a decrease of 31.7 percent on the year just ended — when profit was lifted by a hefty one-time accounting gain on the value of its 22 percent stake in Morgan Stanley — and is about in line with analysts' forecasts.
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Outpatient visits and inpatient admissions for malaria at MMH represent a decreasing share of total visits during this period.
The nine species were analyzed in three sets, ALL, NEU and CON, which represent a decreasing range of evolutionary distances.
Hazard ratios less than 1.00 represent a decreased risk of death, whereas hazard ratios greater than 1.00 represent an increased risk of death.
This represents a decrease of 22% from last year," the report said.
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