During the late 1960s, funding for the biological warfare program decreased temporarily, to accommodate the accelerating costs of the Vietnam War.

Increased levels of free adenosine temporarily decrease pain, allowing over exertion without awareness.

The ozone acts inside the leaves to harm the membranes of cells, temporarily decreasing the tree's ability to take in necessary nutrients.

Competing systems may temporarily decrease prices but they increase the cost of care in the long run.

The presence of a work train on a given section of track will temporarily decrease the capacity of the route.

The worldwide avian flu scare of 2005 temporarily decreased sales by as much as 40 per cent.

This temporarily decreased the number of attack, though the tigers appeared to become habituated to the masks and attacks again increased in the following years.

Price promotion allow companies to sell higher volumes by temporarily decreasing the price of their products.

These plants can also withstand variation in load and consumption by adding more units or temporarily decreasing the production of some units.

A boss who asks their employees to work overtime may try to motivate them by using small talk to temporarily decrease their difference in status.