as in decreased
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
as the years went by, the public's interest in the murder case fell away
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Recent Examples of fell away
Heroin chic fell away, and body positivity entered the fashion world.
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Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
In that moment, everything else fell away.
—Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Instead, that was the night all doubt fell away.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Speleology fell away as a formal academic discipline after the war, Mattes explains.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
Questions were fielded, concerns aired, and one by one, the reservations fell away.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Over time, his work as a house painter fell away.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
All meaning fell away, revealing chaos.
—Jane Ciabattari
august 19, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
In that moment, everything else fell away.
—Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Instead, that was the night all doubt fell away.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Speleology fell away as a formal academic discipline after the war, Mattes explains.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
Questions were fielded, concerns aired, and one by one, the reservations fell away.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Over time, his work as a house painter fell away.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
All meaning fell away, revealing chaos.
—Jane Ciabattari
august 19, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fell away
Verb
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By measuring the amount of carbon dioxide in the breath, the Warsaw researchers determined that metabolic rates decreased by as much as forty per cent; heart rates, blood pressure, and core temperature fell.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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While overall passenger volume, domestic and international, at Miami International Airport decreased in the first half of 2025, arrivals from the UK slightly increased.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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The trees had already been felled and piled by the landowner; the log piles were initially slated to be burned to reduce the fire hazard.—
Syris Valentine,
Scientific American,
16 Oct. 2025
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Grainier‘s an itinerant lumber man who worked the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the 20th century, felling timber and building railroads.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The coming of age has not diminished Reich’s capacity to articulate complex political and economic issues in clear language.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
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Bean and squash yields (as measured by weight) were reduced when intercropped with maize, while maize yields were only slightly diminished when intercropped.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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By day 10, my entire nervous system was hijacked—every fiber of my being was at ease, and all cravings subsided.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Oct. 2025
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Once the brouhaha subsided, the players said their final farewell to each other and headed back into the locker room.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Then the hurricane continued on a more northward path around the islands and finally began weakening after powerful 145 mph winds tapered off.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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His production tapered off a bit thereafter, but this season, general manager Brett Veach thinks Hunt’s full campaign could look a lot more like that initial stretch.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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