SUBSIDED Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

subsided

verb

past tense of subside

as in decreased

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually as the noise of the siren subsided, I was able to fall back to sleep

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Recent Examples of subsided These features are interpreted as evidence of faulting along the caldera rim as the floor subsided. — Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026 But her worries subsided on the day of, after seeing Hunnam rigged up and spewing. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2026 The heaviest fighting between Israel and Hamas has subsided since a ceasefire last October, but Israeli fire has killed more than 1,360 Palestinians in Gaza, according to health officials in the territory. — Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026 While the heaviest fighting in Gaza has subsided since the fragile ceasefire took hold in October, Israel has continued to carry out strikes in the territory, including some overnight and into Tuesday that killed several people. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026 By 2018, the protests largely had subsided as leaders of the Players Coalition sought to advance the fight beyond kneeling. — Mike Jones, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 By the time the panic subsided, roughly 70% of the world’s grocery stores had run out of toilet paper at some point. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026 Though impending rainstorms are likely to make rescue operations more difficult, officials say a previous threat from a lake that had formed on the border between Nepal and Tibet has substantially subsided. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Opinion polls gave the king firm backing to stay on for life, however, and the criticism subsided. — Terje Solsvik, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

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Rooms Since its 2023 renovation, the hotel’s capacity decreased from 104 rooms to just 80, made up of 44 rooms and 36 suites, all of which have gained a generous amount of space.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
The results revealed that the device’s electrical behavior changed consistently as the humidity decreased.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of decreased

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Zervos, in a CNBC appearance last month, backed Bessent’s decision to increase buybacks of some long-term Treasury debt, a move that may have eased pressure on some Treasury yields.

— Matt Peterson, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
Wishing you a weekend of autumn pleasures, eased weights, and apples.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of eased

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The new era of worker power that labor advocates proclaimed as the pandemic ebbed was something of a chimera.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
As farming ebbed, the water stored in those reservoirs helped the area's cities and suburbs become one of the nation's fastest growing urban areas.

— Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of ebbed

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Now, he’s accused of murdering a missing lawyer Shortly after Cozzi vanished, Kosowski fell onto police’s radar due to a suspicious person and car spotted at the law office.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
Talk is cheap, but today the automaker put up instead of shutting up by revealing a new Nissan Z concept with a factory T-top, a feature that vanished from sports cars over two decades ago.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of vanished

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Laboratory officials declined to provide details, citing privacy concerns, but said experts from India, China, the United States, Singapore and South Korea were assisting with the work.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
The couple — identified as Trinity County residents Mallory and Jeff Wilson by the San Francisco Chronicle, which was first to report on the incident — declined The Times’ interview request.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of declined

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Officials hope to repopulate vulnerable species Giant pandas once roamed vast swaths of China, northern Myanmar and Vietnam, but their habitats shrank due to human encroachment and climate change.

— Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
While the project’s overall footprint shrunk in size, Commissioners Chad Martin and John Shultz voted against the project.

— Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

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