While almost every country now votes, public faith in democracy is on the wane.
Our national story is often framed in terms of a once-great global power on the wane.
But now there are fears that this aspect of Singapore's culinary heritage is on the wane.
Prozac has been on the wane anyway as newer and cheaper antidepressants erode its market share.
It's clear that the star of Wall Street's great defender is on the wane.
But it does raise the question of whether Spain's Red Fury is on the wane.
Smartphone growth, while still robust compared with other electronics segments, is on the wane.
Is U.S. preeminence on the wane and who or what might take its place?
That demographic is on the wane in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco.
But in 2013, with the motion-control craze on the wane, Sony may sense a new opening.
The sort of bigotry that once thrived in Scotland was on the wane, he said.
The result is likely to dramatically reduce the use of niacin, already on the wane.
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Chinese investment in fixed assets like roads and bridges have been on the wane since April 2009.
"Even then, it was simply appreciated that the book industry was on the wane, " Hodgman tells me.
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If consumption is already on the wane, however, new supply could see prices tumble, at least temporarily.
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Appetite for bonds among Spanish banks and financial institutions is on the wane.
Analysts like Kumar Ketkar believe that Mr Hazare's popularity is on the wane.
Iwata's view that 3-D is "slightly on the wane" seems like an understatement.
Syria is a hub of influence by virtue of its geography, history and the canniness plainly on the wane of its leaders.
The increasing cost of developing high-tech products is only one of the reasons why technological choice is on the wane.
In Europe Latin was still important in the 16th and 17th Century but by the 18th it was already on the wane.
To the contrary, there are signs that Washington's ability to influence North Korea's behavior, including its nuclear program, is on the wane.
So a question: is Rupert Murdoch's Australian influence finally on the wane?
However popularity for the sport was on the wane as baseball's grew.
Meanwhile, federal stimulus spending is on the wane and will become a net drag on output in the second half of this year.
Some observers say their influence is now on the wane, adding that this has allowed the state to exert greater control over the press.
Milan, also looked to be if not on the wane then in the kind of "transition" that heralds a long and painful rebuilding process.
For consumers, for so long the mainstay of the American economy, the thrill of the shopping mall seems, finally, to be on the wane.
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