as in to taper off
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The analyst said this credit will remain in place through 2032 and taper off by 2034, providing about $250 million a year in cash generation from 2030 to 2035.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025 -
Each practice has featured myriad personnel groupings, with the offensive and defensive scheme installs tapering off as game preparation takes shape.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Aug. 2025
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But in the past two years, crime rates have in fact drastically decreased.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
12 Aug. 2025
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Gross profit decreased 12% compared to last year's second quarter end, Kodak disclosed, and its cash balance sits at $155 million, marking a loss of just under 23% since the end of December.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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Inflation remains elevated, job growth is moderating, and President Trump’s new tariffs on key trading partners risk driving up costs, dampening consumer spending and business investment alike.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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While ride prices have been increasing less sharply as of late thanks to moderating insurance costs, the firm said its efforts to improve affordability in the US are also helping boost trip growth in the current period.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
6 Aug. 2025
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The transit systems that give independence to hundreds of thousands of people living with disabilities will be severely diminished.—
Karen Tamley,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Rather than diminishing us, this should decentralize our ego.—
Dax Grant,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The furor has subsided, possibly because districts are adapting to such stringent state laws as House Bill 1467, which required districts to create a public, searchable online list of elementary school materials.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Aug. 2025
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Stewart was celebrated as a hero — and interviewed by the likes of CNN and the BBC — before interest in the story initially subsided.—
Susan Young,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Burrow hopes that feeling the rush and gaining real reps working the pocket will help lessen the impact of opening-week clunkers that contributed to the team’s slow starts.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
8 Aug. 2025
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Under the new kickoff format designed to lessen the chance of big hits, there were 332 more kickoff returns in 2024 than in 2023, when the league recorded the lowest return rate in its history, but 64% of kickoffs still ended in touchbacks and thus were not returned.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Die (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/die%20%28down%29. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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