as in to decrease
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
as the city lost population, its political influence drained away
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In other second-quarter statistics, there was a 50.9 percent gross margin rate, representing an increase of 110 basis points year-over-year; inventory decreased 1.3 percent last quarter to 404.6 million euros.—
David Moin,
WWD,
11 Feb. 2025 -
Africa’s lion population has decreased by nearly half over the past quarter century, according to the African Wildlife Foundation, and the lion is regionally extinct in 15 African countries.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
AFAR Media,
11 Feb. 2025
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And so my part was always diminished in his presence.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
2 Feb. 2025
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The production of melanocytes (skin cells that synthesize melanin) diminishes, leading to the appearance of gray hair.—
Marie Courtois,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2025
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By most measures, political violence subsided after January 2021, in part because hundreds of participants in the January 6 attack were convicted and imprisoned.—
STEVEN LEVITSKY,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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Ultimately, the north winds subsided and hundreds of firefighters and volunteers got the fire under control.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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And yet the United States needs immigrants to offset the declining birth rate in this country.—
Brad Wolf,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The local prosecutor’s office also declined to comment, citing a pending investigation.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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The longest length tapers off mid-calf on a five-foot-ten model and is slightly longer than 45 inches in length.—
Alexis Bennett Parker,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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In the Los Angeles-area, the rain that has triggered flooding and mudslides since the weekend mostly tapered off by Monday afternoon.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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For the second, quieter half of the album, FKA twigs lets pop bravado fall away.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The history-making criminal cases that consumed so much of Trump's time and attention during his 2024 presidential campaign have been falling away.—
Zac Anderson,
USA TODAY,
19 Jan. 2025
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More light rain fell periodically through the Bay Area on Monday, continuing a pattern that began Friday and ended a nearly month-long stretch without precipitation.—
Rick Hurd,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
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The project fell further behind, and soon the relationship between Pizzarotti and Fortis soured, too.—
Eric Lach,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Drain (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drain%20%28away%29. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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