fall away

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Recent Examples of fall away When the world is falling apart, all the illogical perceptions fall away, leaving only what matters standing, and that which matters is no longer veiled by those perceptions. Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025 Obi Toppin drilled his seventh triple of the night, this one falling away from the corner, to put the Pacers up with 3.5 seconds to play in the extra session. Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2025 The seductive quality of Johnson’s surrealist experiment falls away, replaced by frustration at its opacity. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025 The oatmeal color looks about right and when Risa picks at it with her trowel, the surrounding black and gray debris falls away, revealing the rough outline of a box’s edge. David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fall away
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fall away
Verb
  • In terms of a mechanism, the rejection seems to decrease levels of a neuropeptide in the brain, which increases after mating, leading Heberlein et al.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Keeping those cuts on the books would decrease revenue by $4.5 trillion from 2025 through 2034, according to estimates from the Tax Foundation.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • As time went on, her pain diminished, but August decided to go to the emergency room.
    Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The VMAs, which have seen their social capital diminish over the past few years, delivered a promising ceremony in 2024.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The swelling in the area never subsided, prompting surgery to clean up bone spurs that had traveled dangerously close to his Achilles tendon.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The rain, expected to begin late Sunday, will subside by Monday afternoon, but below-average temperatures will hang around all week, according to the National Weather Service.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • However, that fight fell apart in early March, when a hand injury forced Whyte from the card.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Rogers, who also serves as president of the nonprofit Reading League of Texas, said momentum is growing among school and community leaders around the issue of literacy, but there still isn’t broad city-wide awareness about how far behind Fort Worth has fallen, or why that’s such a problem.
    Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But declining attendances now sees that held in February each year.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Therefore, sell-side strategists’ year-end price targets for the S & P 500 will decline unless the administration makes a significant shift on tariffs soon.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Mobilizing the tissue throughout the day by rolling your foot on a massage, lacrosse, or tennis ball can also ease discomfort, as can self-massage and ice, Dr. Malek says.
    Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 4 Apr. 2025
  • In the Summer of 2021, following a 9-0 loss in a related Supreme Court case (Alston v. NCAA) and a wave of state laws prohibiting the NCAA’s enforcement of its NIL restrictions, the NCAA significantly eased its restrictions regarding athlete NIL activity.
    Joe Sabin, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The viewership began to taper off after that point, but TGL’s regular season ratings still averaged 513,000 viewers.
    Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The winds are expected to taper off Friday, dropping to about 15 miles per hour.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 24 Mar. 2025

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“Fall away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fall%20away. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.

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