die (down)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for die (down)
Verb
  • The Twin Cities office of the National Weather Service expects more rain and drizzle for the metro on Wednesday, with a high of 51 Rain showers are likely for most of the area today, the Twin Cities office of the National Weather Service reports, but will taper off from north to south tonight.
    John Autey, Twin Cities, 21 May 2025
  • The rain started to taper off as the diamond dry was applied to the dirt and the game was paused for several minutes.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • Although the unsheltered population in the city of L.A. decreased last year from 32,680 to 29,275, and is projected to decline again this year, residents and business owners continue to express frustration with the city’s handling of the homelessness crisis.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
  • Nord decreased our upload speeds by 38.37% and our latency by 29.26%.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • Beverly Hills, 90210 cast members Brian Austin Green, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Ian Ziering, Jason Priestley and Gabrielle Carteris reunited for a panel at 90s Con, moderated by PEOPLE's Breanne L. Heldman, at the Connecticut Convention Center earlier this spring.
    Angela Andaloro, People.com, 14 May 2025
  • Those uses threaten no market harm but rather solve a societal need, such as language models translating texts, moderating content, or correcting grammar.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • Give credit without diminishing your own contributions.
    Marvin Krislov, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • But missing those goals doesn’t diminish the importance of potentially revising the target, for which the Paris Agreement includes a review mechanism, Stokes said.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 May 2025
Verb
  • Luckily, the experience trumped inhaling the intense stench, which eventually subsided.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 16 May 2025
  • This new poll, and others, suggest voters' concerns over the economy may be subsiding.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • Porosity plus water holding capacity can be increased as well as lessening the potential for topsoil erosion.
    Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2025
  • That diverts resources from building for the future and lessens the chance that the next generation will be better off than the last.
    Sarah Keohane Williamson, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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“Die (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/die%20%28down%29. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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