as in to decrease
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
at this time of the year, light begins to taper off a little earlier each day
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Recent Examples of taper off
Residents of northern Massachusetts are bracing for 8 to 12 inches before the snow tapers off around midday.
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Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2025
What Happens Next The winter weather warning for Las Vegas will remain in effect through the evening, with precipitation tapering off overnight.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Once the rain tapers off on Monday, a stretch of mild weather with cooler temperatures and low wind speeds is forecast for the rest of the week.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Wednesday: Snow tapering off by midday, high near 17.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
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Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2025
What Happens Next The winter weather warning for Las Vegas will remain in effect through the evening, with precipitation tapering off overnight.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Once the rain tapers off on Monday, a stretch of mild weather with cooler temperatures and low wind speeds is forecast for the rest of the week.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Wednesday: Snow tapering off by midday, high near 17.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for taper off
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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
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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
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As time went on, her pain diminished, but August decided to go to the emergency room.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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Recent polls have suggested that dissatisfaction with Trump's handling of the economy is a key factor in his declining popularity.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Big Savage Mountain, Bear Pen, and Dan’s Mountain Wildlands all provide valuable habitat for our declining bird populations.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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As his career developed over the next five decades, and as art movements began to unravel as a way to characterize art, the term fell away.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Eva was visibly struggling, and in that moment, everything else fell away.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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However, that fight fell apart in early March, when a hand injury forced Whyte from the card.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Over the last 25 years, the S&P 500 has fallen 4% in a single day 38 times, according to Adam Turnquist, chief technical strategist for brokerage firm LPL Financial.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2025
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And because stablecoin issuers often secure their stablecoins by buying U.S. Treasuries, an increase in stablecoin demand could help ease the burden of the U.S.’s ballooning debt, proponents argue.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025
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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
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“Taper off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taper%20off. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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