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Discover LudwigThe phrase "slight fall" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to refer to a decrease or decline that is not very significant, such as a decrease in sales or temperature. For example, "We experienced a slight fall in profits last quarter."
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Analysts had been expecting a slight fall to 435,000.
Savers will have welcomed another slight fall in official inflation figures this week.
A slight fall in the polls subsequently moved them to send mixed signals.
German officials, however, reported a slight fall in the rate of newly reported infections.
American officials reported a slight fall in the purity of Colombian cocaine.
The rise counteracted a slight fall in those awarded passes in English literature.
The slight fall indicates investors are not too worried about the negative reports.
After all, there has been only "a slight fall in government grants in cash terms".
This represented a slight fall from £360m in 2016/17, which in turn had risen from £342m in 2015/16.
This year's poll also reveals a slight fall in confidence in the region's institutions of all kinds (see chart 4).
Stripping out such factors Trinity Mirror reported a slight fall in adjusted pre-tax profits to £48.2m.
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