tapered off

past tense of taper off

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of tapered off Then the hurricane continued on a more northward path around the islands and finally began weakening after powerful 145 mph winds tapered off. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 His production tapered off a bit thereafter, but this season, general manager Brett Veach thinks Hunt’s full campaign could look a lot more like that initial stretch. Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025 But when the Biden administration moved to restrict asylum, the boom of unauthorized immigrants tapered off in the last six months of 2024, according to preliminary government data. Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025 The spotlight tapered off ever so slightly in 2024. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tapered off
Verb
  • Despite continuing to lead Europe in research and development spending, funding in Germany decreased.
    Katharina Buchholz, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The company reported a net loss that decreased 45% year-over-year from $332 million in fiscal 2024 to $181 million in fiscal 2025.
    Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • According to Infanti, some typical impacts of a La Niña winter can include cooler temperatures over the northern United States, and diminished storm track activity over the southern tier of the United States leading to milder-than-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation.
    Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Though the region’s trade reliance on Washington has rapidly diminished as China has become its biggest market, several nations still rely on the US for a large share of their exports, the loss of which would put millions of livelihoods at risk.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • NurPhoto via Getty Images After waves of nostalgia subsided and Newcastle United’s raucous, special atmosphere calmed, FC Barcelona set about teaching a clinic.
    Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Late into the night, the attacks subsided.
    Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The rebuilding took 1,200 oak trees felled from forests across France to replace the framework of the roof and 1,000 construction workers.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Although the Chiefs wound up with just one sack — rookie Omarr Norman-Lott felled quarterback Jalen Hurts with a physical takedown — their pressure forced Hurts into some short or incomplete throws during a 101-yard passing game.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Speleology fell away as a formal academic discipline after the war, Mattes explains.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Questions were fielded, concerns aired, and one by one, the reservations fell away.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Tapered off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tapered%20off. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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