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returns(noun, verb, reverts, regressions, regresses)
7
declines(noun, verb, deteriorates, regressions, regresses)
7
lapses(noun, verb, deteriorates)
7
regresses(noun, verb, deteriorates, reverts, regresses)
6
regressions(noun, regressions)
5
recurrences
5
recurs(noun, verb)
4
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3
degenerates(noun, verb, deteriorates)
3
recedes
3
recessions(noun, regressions)
3
retrogresses(verb, deteriorates, reverts)
3
throwbacks(noun, regressions)
2
backslides(verb, regresses)
2
collapses(noun, verb, deteriorates)
2
deteriorates(noun, verb, deteriorates)
2
reverses(verb, reverts)
2
sinks(verb, deteriorates)
2
slips(noun, verb, deteriorates)
2
slumps(verb, deteriorates)
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