tapered off

verb

past tense of taper off
as in decreased
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually at this time of the year, light begins to taper off a little earlier each day

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Recent Examples of tapered off The conditions were wet and and slippery at first, but the rain appears to have tapered off now. — Nbc News, NBC news, 28 June 2026 And several of the unflattering stats have tapered off a ton this last year, including sacks taken (27 in 2025, down from 62 in 2023). — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026 In 2018, RepoNut content tapered off. — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 For the most part, interest in their love story has tapered off over time, except for the occasional call from a reporter around Valentine’s Day. — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026 As the rain tapered off in the afternoon, the Skippers (20-2) were eager to defend their home turf. — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026 That growth, though, has now tapered off. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 May 2026 Their 3-point shooting quickly tapered off for the remainder of the game. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2026 While Brent crude has tapered off from its wartime high of $126 per barrel at the end of April, prices are still more than 38% above levels seen before the Middle East conflict intensified. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tapered off
  1. decreased
  2. diminished
  3. subsided
  4. fell
  5. fell away
Verb
  • Only two items tracked by the Farm Bureau decreased in price in 2026.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • Procurement and Obsolescence Savings At one company, obsolescence in both raw materials and finished goods decreased by 30%.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of decreased
Verb
  • The ocean’s abundance had been dramatically diminished, but few recreational fishermen noticed; their expectations had been downsized, too.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Kylian Mbappé’s powers were diminished in that tournament after sustaining a broken nose, while emerging stars like Michael Olise and Désiré Doué were yet to break through.
    — James Robson, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Definition of diminished
Verb
  • Violence flared and subsided periodically, and Lebanon and Israel reached ceasefire agreements in 1993, 1996 and after a 2006 war.
    — Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
  • Execution remains the big question, but doubts around Apple's strategy have largely subsided.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz,Zev Fima, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Definition of subsided
Verb
  • Countless trees were felled and taken to Eugene for processing in mills or floated up the Willamette to Portland, the sawn trunks chained together in massive, bobbing rafts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • Messi had produced another vintage performance three weeks earlier, this time at the Nou Camp, where the Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng toppled over like a tree that had been felled.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of fell
Verb
  • Critics of the network business say the successful production and distribution arm has kept ITV’s share price from tanking over recent years as the TV ad market fell away, though that is just one read of the situation.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 July 2026
  • But over the 99 minutes of gameplay, some of those similarities fell away.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
Definition of fell away

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“Tapered off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tapered%20off. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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