as in to decrease
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
you'll find the symptoms begin tapering gradually about 24 hours after you take the medicine
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Recent Examples of taper
Just enough elastic at the ankle to be tapered without being too tight.
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Dana Leigh Smith, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2025
Queen Letizia’s trousers featured a looser fit, but were still tapered to her frame.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 23 Jan. 2025
All afternoon, Thibaudet’s grace note flourishes were inspiringly controlled, tapering like sighs.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
The closet tapers away toward the passenger side corner to create space for the rear entry door, which locks via the Ram key fob.
—New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2025
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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.—
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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.—
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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.—
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Ultimately, the north winds subsided and hundreds of firefighters and volunteers got the fire under control.—
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This has less to do with a diminishing talent pool than a changing industry where the lines between Corman’s world and Hollywood at large became more sharply drawn.—
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Although his output had diminished, from an availability and form perspective, Villa valued him higher than Douglas Luiz or Diaby and with greater scope for improvement.—
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Nearly two-thirds of employers said easing inflation, stabilizing interest rates and a steady unemployment rate should support headcount growth this year, according to a survey conducted last fall.—
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However, investors’ worries were eased as Trump held off from implementing levies immediately.—
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Ethan Hawke, Linklater’s friend and frequent collaborator, somehow manages to shrink himself to fit the agitated, alcoholic, short and desperate Hart, now 47, discarded by his former creative partner and knowingly washed up.—
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With consumers’ homes as collateral, the company’s cards offer a lower interest rate than on normal, unsecured credit cards, while its data and tech shrink the normal HELOC approval time.—
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The average home price in the six-county region declined 0.4% from December to $862,115 in January, according to Zillow, marking the sixth consecutive month of declines.—
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Another recent poll shows declining confidence, specifically in Republican individuals, in health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.—
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Good news for green energy The cost of a utility-scale solar panels has fallen 82% since 2010, according to the the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.—
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Just like this claim, the others will fall apart because there is no truth to them.—
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“Taper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taper. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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