1
as in ending
to come to an end
the rain let up just as we reached the house
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2
as in decreasing
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
the windmill slowed down as the wind let up
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as in dying (down)
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Recent Examples of letting up
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
And there are no signs of letting up as a new nine-month term dawns in October with more major cases awaiting.
—Jan Wolfe, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
The rain isn’t letting up and neither are these questions!
—Kristen Arnett
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Analysts said with Blackwell fully ramping and demand for AI not letting up, estimates will need to go higher.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
The pressure was on, and Wong wasn’t letting up.
—Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The expansion is being fueled by its cloud infrastructure business as demand for AI is showing no signs of letting up.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
And there are no signs of letting up as a new nine-month term dawns in October with more major cases awaiting.
—Jan Wolfe, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
The rain isn’t letting up and neither are these questions!
—Kristen Arnett
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Analysts said with Blackwell fully ramping and demand for AI not letting up, estimates will need to go higher.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
The pressure was on, and Wong wasn’t letting up.
—Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for letting up
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Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks registered gains for September and the third quarter, with the Dow ending yesterday's session at an all-time closing high.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Giants started the year strong and looked to compete with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres for the division crown, but would collapse in the back half of the season and miss out on the playoffs entirely, ending 81-81.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The gain, however, was short lived, and the write-off percentage started decreasing by 20% annual increments in 2023.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
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Researchers said despite having a conservation status of least concern, there is evidence that its populations are decreasing.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Teams have no choice but to continue to throw numbers at stopping the run.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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That's the same deadline that Grassley gave Noem to respond about stopping student visa authorizations.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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From the Luddites smashing looms in 19th-century England to autoworkers walking out over the introduction of robots to the factory floor in the 1980s, resistance has flared before either being crushed or subsiding, giving way to the new economies and social orders the technologies ushered in.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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During the recent measles outbreak centered in Texas, the Pandemic Center’s data contradicted Kennedy’s assertions that the crisis was subsiding, Jennifer Nuzzo, the director of the Pandemic Center, told me.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors said two forensic pathologists examined the remains separately, both concluding the victims died from gunshots to the head.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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The show debuted in 2012 on MTV with the most recent season 9 concluding last summer.—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Football, it could be argued, is diminishing its worth by almost never taking a break and playing virtually year-round.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Risks of multivitamins Many of us grew up striving for 100% on every test, but overachieving with multivitamins comes with risk—diminishing their benefits or causing harmful side effects.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Why is a soon-expiring, 3-year contract still being negotiated?—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Halligan is working against the clock, with the five-year statute of limitations to prosecute Comey for allegedly making false statements expiring on Tuesday.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Bianka could be seen winding up and then throwing an impressive pitch down the plate at Dodgers Stadium to be caught by right fielder Mookie Betts, in a video shared on X by a Los Angeles Lakers fan account.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The Biden administration took a more restrictive approach toward the export of American AI, primarily through limits on chip sales that sought to prevent the key hardware from winding up in the hands of foreign adversaries such as China.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
30 July 2025
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“Letting up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/letting%20up. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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