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Six example sentences with trend, each labelled with its topic.
Battery prices have followed the same downward trend for a decade, halving roughly every six years without any obvious floor.
Technology
One quarter proves nothing, but eight quarters of rising defaults is a trend the bank cannot keep calling noise.
Finance
Turnout among voters under thirty has climbed at every election since the referendum, and the trend shows no sign of reversing.
Politics
The long trend toward smaller households has changed what builders put up and what shops stock on their shelves.
Economics
Bird counts show a steady trend of species arriving earlier each spring, roughly a day sooner every three years.
Environment
The league's trend toward three-point shooting has pushed even tall centers out to practice from beyond the arc.
Basketball
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