The given line graphs provide data on the 
number
 of closed and the new-opened stores over a period of 7 years.
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Overall
, at the beginning of the period, the Linking Words
number
 of shop closures had the highest level, Use synonyms
while
 the lowest Linking Words
number
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that
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them
atthe
 end of the period. Correct your spelling
at the
By contrast
, in 2013 and 2015 the largest and lowest Linking Words
number
 of shop closures Use synonyms
experienced
.
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were experienced
According to
 the diagram, Linking Words
decpite
 all fluctuations, the Correct your spelling
despite
number
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openning
 stores had a significant decrease from 2011 to 2018. In 2011, the Correct your spelling
opening
number
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open-stores
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open stores
were
 about 8500 and in 2012 it declined to below 4000 Change the verb form
was
shops
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Then
 from 2012 until Linking Words
2014
 there was a growth in the Add a comma
2014,
number
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shops
, but in the following years from 2014 to 2018 the related diagram Use synonyms
fall
 gradually and reached 3000 opening Replace the word
fell
store
.
The figure related to the shop closures Fix the agreement mistake
stores
also
 experienced a slight decline Linking Words
compare
 to the first year. The Change the form of the verb
compared
number
 of closing Use synonyms
shops
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were
 about 6300 in the first year and had a dramatic decrease until 2015, Correct subject-verb agreement
was
then
 the downward trend broke and Linking Words
grown
 remarkably until 2018 and reached around 5100 closing Wrong verb form
grew
shops
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