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 Washington and Tehran agreed in June to a 60-day ceasefire, allowing time to negotiate a more durable peace deal while active fighting subsided and the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 The changes appeared shortly after astronauts entered space and largely subsided within days of their return to Earth, providing biochemical evidence that digestion slows in space. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The heaviest fighting has subsided since a ceasefire in the more than two-year war took hold in October. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 The drama of last year’s Ole Miss team under Lane Kiffin has subsided. — Pj Green august 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2026 As the deluge subsided, the Japan Meteorological Agency downgraded its most severe heavy-rain warning in more than a dozen municipalities in the prefecture of Chiba while forecasting more rain later Friday. — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Bibby was given antibiotics, antihistamines and advised to get the fake lashes removed after the swelling subsided. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026 The emails from McDonnell promising incoming bank wires and new revenue streams subsided. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026 Gardeners in areas with mild winters can also get away with dividing and transplanting in the fall once the summer heat has subsided. — The Spruce, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsided
  1. decreased
  2. diminished
  3. fell
  4. eased
  5. ebbed
  6. vanished
  7. declined
  8. shrank
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  • In the decade between 2026 and 2016, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the hours men spend on household activities have fractionally increased, while the hours carried out by women have slightly decreased.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • This number has decreased since 2015, when nearly 20% of Connecticut adults used tobacco products.
    — Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of decreased
Verb
  • The term refers to when tobacco companies in the 1990s were forced to pay billions of dollars for misleading the public about the safety and potential harms of their products, and subsequently saw their power and influence dramatically diminished.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
  • But the likelihood of finding more survivors has diminished sharply since the first 72 hours after the earthquake.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of diminished
Verb
  • Mixed Pro Doubles Recap Roos van Reek & Jack Munro stayed out of trouble and avoided the early knockout round upsets that be felled many of the other top seeds to claim the Mixed title and guarantee the double-double for themselves on the weekend.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The storm felled trees and power lines and caused serious flooding that swept some 100 homes from their foundations on the Big Island, authorities said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of fell
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  • The incoming Anderson provides control but in a higher-energy manner than Rodri, and even if the long-term aim was for the Englishman to replace the Spaniard, a season together would have eased the Guardiola/Maresca handover.
    — George Edwards, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • By the end of July, the situation had stabilized, and in some regions restrictions were lifted or significantly eased.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of eased
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  • The 25-year-old from California opened the final with some swagger, popping four aces in the first game, but his self-assurance quickly ebbed.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Daniel de Visé Consumer sentiment ebbed in July, continuing a generally downward slide that began in 2021, according to the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of ebbed
Verb
  • Then, on July 31, shortly after 2 pm just off the coast of Dubai, the Kiku vanished.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Then that incredible precision vanished for an inning — and just an inning.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of vanished
Verb
  • Spokespeople for Canadian officials involved in the talks have repeatedly declined to provide additional details about the negotiations to NBC News.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2026
  • City spokesperson Sherae Honeycutt said Independence has not been served with Kennon’s lawsuit and declined to comment.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of declined
Verb
  • As the Danube waters shrank in Bulgaria, researchers were thrilled to find and recover a jawbone, tusks, a shoulder blade, ribs and other bone fragments belonging to an extinct woolly mammoth buried deep in the sand.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The value of the Public Investment Fund’s assets under management shrank $10 billion last year to around $900 billion, according to its 2025 annual report.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of shrank

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