eases (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of ease (up)
as in lets up

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  1. lets up
  2. recesses
  3. rests
  4. gets off
  5. escapes
  6. relaxes
Verb
  • This is Kerry’s usual spiel at the beginning of a season; historically, the bravado lets up over time.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
  • There’s truth in these statements, and in the age of LinkedIn, the pressure to build a bigger network never really lets up.
    — Jeanan Yasiri Moe, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of lets up
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  • The House recesses even earlier, heading out of town at the end of this week.
    — Tanaya Macheel,Garrett Downs, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of recesses
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  • Engineers will initially run the engine horizontally while the aircraft rests on its launch and recovery vehicle.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The Heavenly Gate rests at the top tip of the ear, just above the triangular hollow, according to Avenue Five Institute.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of rests
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  • Feed your head Neagley gets off to a sluggish start, with a workmanlike, rather clumsy first episode largely spent establishing the main characters and central plot—and the writers lean a bit too hard on constant Chicago callbacks.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
  • But if Jackson gets off to a slow start under a new coaching staff, including first-time play-caller Declan Doyle, there’s room to fall.
    — Jeff Howe, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of gets off
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  • As the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics explains, energy confinement time describes how quickly thermal energy escapes from the plasma, rather than how long an experiment runs.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The host enters the water, where the worm escapes from its body and begins the next stage of its life cycle.
    — Tara Deans, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of escapes
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  • Corcoran relaxes with Max in the library on a circa 1900 French iron daybed settee from Fireside Antiques in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
    — David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Once normal breathing resumes, parasympathetic influence increases, and the body relaxes big time.
    — Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of relaxes
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