tailed (off)

past tense of tail (off)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailed (off)
Verb
  • The scepticism has largely evaporated, though the persistent argument that the squad is strong enough to succeed regardless of who manages it has not fully gone away.
    Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Amazon’s water usage effectiveness calculation and its cumulative annual withdrawal figure include both water that is evaporated over the course of cooling the facility and liquid discharged to wastewater or other systems.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • The pandemic and indoor dining bans hit restaurants like Gene & Georgetti especially hard because business lunches and private events pretty much vanished.
    David Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • Lynette Hooker vanished in April while on a boating vacation with her husband in Hope Town, Bahamas.
    Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
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“Tailed (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailed%20%28off%29. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.

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