tails (off)

verb

present tense third-person singular of tail (off)
as in peters (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tails (off)
  1. tapers off
  2. vanishes
  3. gives out
  4. evaporates
  5. compresses
  6. contracts
Verb
  • Acuna’s show business resume tapers off in the mid-2010’s, according to IMDB.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
  • After the strongest storms move out, colder air will settle in with the possibility of a few wet snowflakes before the precipitation tapers off.
    — Gregory Padgett, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
Definition of tapers off
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  • Perhaps that last claim feels overblown, but movies indisputably falsify reality, presenting a world that seems hypervivid for a few hours but vanishes when the lights come up.
    — Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • The two fight, and Enola's mother, Eudoria comes to the rescue and saves her before Moriarty vanishes.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Definition of vanishes
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  • The roaring bassline slithers beneath a wavering flute note before the floor gives out, and the song begins its fast and furious descent.
    — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 12 June 2026
  • In the academic world, few things signal success like receiving one of the approximately 11,000 grants the NSF gives out to researchers each year.
    — Remy Dou, The Conversation, 10 June 2026
Definition of gives out
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  • As fans pull air through the water, a small amount evaporates, cooling the remaining water, which recirculates to take up more heat.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • Water delivered in the afternoon heat evaporates too quickly for plants to use it effectively.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 13 July 2026
Definition of evaporates
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  • In agentic environments, though, the interval between anomaly and action compresses to near zero.
    — Jay Limburn, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • The consumer version compresses that same idea into a ring, watch or app.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026
Definition of compresses
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  • The federal regulator argued that the sports event contracts the markets offer are more similar to grain futures than to sports wagers, giving it exclusive jurisdiction.
    — Maggie Dougherty, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • Cassidy has been looking into the 340B program for years, including an investigation into the company that contracts with the government to be the program’s vendor and a hearing in October.
    — John Wilkerson, STAT, 25 June 2026
Definition of contracts
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“Tails (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tails%20%28off%29. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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