The graph illustrates information about the consumption of butter and margarine in the US throughout the period from 1980 to 2020.
Overall
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while
the two products exhibited different trends over the given period, the butter followed an upward trajectory, Linking Words
whereas
the margarine showed a dramatic decline.
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However
, the rate of increase and decrease varied significantly between them.
As the graph shows, the consumption of margarine started at around 10 Linking Words
lbs
in 1980, Use synonyms
then
dropped gradually to 8 Linking Words
lbs
in 1990. Followed by a significant fall between 2000 and 2010, from 6 Use synonyms
lbs
to around 3 Ibs.
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However
, the figure continued the same general pattern until the end of the period at around 2 Linking Words
lbs
.
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By contrast
, the consumption of butter commenced at under 5 Linking Words
lbs
in 1980, Use synonyms
then
dipped slightly to just 4 Linking Words
lbs
, but by 2000, it started to increase gradually to approximately 4.5 Use synonyms
lbs
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then
rose sharply between 2010 and 2020, to around 6 Linking Words
lbs
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at the end
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