recede (from)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recede (from)
Verb
  • The mandate also targets oil and gas leasing in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and again revokes the conservation status of 28 million acres of public land that had been withdrawn from mineral and energy development since 1971.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 31 Jan. 2025
  • So far, however, the status has been withdrawn only from Venezuelans.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Click here for a timeline:How did the FAFSA rollout go so wrong?
    Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The option was available to her under the MAID Act, which went into effect in New Jersey on August 1, 2019.
    Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The charges were filed two days after the shooting, which occurred about 1:15 p.m. at the 401 Summit St. restaurant and left a man seriously injured.
    Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
  • According to the authors, the spiders appeared to have left their webs or lairs and migrated to die when exposed to the fungus.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Michael then retreated to his bedroom and took possession of his own handgun.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated 0.28%, paring losses of 1.5% earlier in the day, after news of the tariff pause broke.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Recede (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recede%20%28from%29. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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