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receding

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noun

receding

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verb

present participle of recede
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Recent Examples of receding
Verb
There’s a difference between a critic and a fan, but the line between them is receding from view. Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025 The man turns a receding hairline into a character choice better than any actor in the business. Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024 This condition typically begins with a receding hairline and thinning at the crown. Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2024 In response to receding inflation, the Fed has reduced its benchmark interest rate at its last two meetings and is expected to announce another rate cut at its final 2024 meeting next week. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024 In one, there is a long, receding highway beneath a leafy canopy road. Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024 Economists say that will almost certainly push up consumer price inflation, which has been receding from nearly double digits in 2022 but remains about a percentage point above policymakers’ 2% target for core inflation. Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024 Advertisement Many think the Dodgers should be grateful to win the World Series this year and humbly behave like other recent defending champions by cutting corners and reducing costs and receding back into the pack. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024 Sure, there’s some visual distinctiveness between the receding hairline and the large forehead. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for receding
Noun
  • In 2016, the 100th anniversary of Mary’s hanging, Erwin started an annual weeklong series of events to celebrate elephants.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • But the Race, which tracks nearly 100 activities, never left her hanging.
    Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Three top concerns include elections and political turmoil that threaten progress, companies retreating or staying silent on DEI and ESG goals, and the rise of sustainability reporting that’s (temporarily) taking up companies’ time.
    Andrew Winston, Harvard Business Review, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Deporting millions of immigrants and retreating from global trade by implementing slogans like America First will not achieve these goals.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In December 2023, Congress passed a National Defense Authorization Act that aimed to block any president from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO without approval from the Senate or an act of Congress.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Diddy is expected to return to court on March 17 and will spend the holiday season behind bars after withdrawing his appeal for bail.
    Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The dark clouds have begun to lift at Burberry, which reported a 7 percent decline in third-quarter retail revenue to 659 million pounds, helped by strong sales in the Americas region.
    Samantha Conti, WWD, 24 Jan. 2025
  • That’s all the more important for Champagne producers, as the sector has taken a nosedive in the past few years: Shipments fell 9.2 percent last year, and companies such a Mumm posted double-digit declines in sales during the most recent fiscal year.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • However, as the FOMC has cut interest rates since last summer, that risk though material today, is diminishing.
    Simon Moore, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The consequences could be catastrophic for content creators, diminishing their web traffic and revenue potential.
    Marc McCollum, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This is widely seen as a move to counter the cable network’s postelection ratings dip.
    Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Johnson’s predecessor Lori Lightfoot, who began her first full quarter in office with $1.8 million in her fund, only saw her quarterly hauls dip that low in 2020, during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest.
    A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Red and declinations to rust and burgundy at Ferragamo and Bottega Veneta.
    WWD, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Thomas said the sheriff's office presented the case to the district attorney's office for declination purposes only because of Suff's prior convictions and death sentence.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
Verb
  • The Governor of Smolensk Region claims that all drones were successfully shot down, and the fire was caused by falling debris.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The ants’ stunning medical abilities have the potential to help where human ones are falling short.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024

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