tapering

present participle of taper

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of tapering The style features an exaggerated fit that balloons out from the hip before tapering at the ankle, creating a sculptural, banana-like silhouette, according to British Vogue. Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 Many full-size van models also lack the necessary width for a transverse rear bed, tapering in toward the roof to cut width below what's necessary for a builder to install a transverse bed in the over-load floor space. New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025 Employment peaked at 42,000 before tapering as the line itself grew more efficient. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025 British star architect Shaun Killa designed the structure to resemble a luxury yacht pulling out of the harbor—smooth, elongated and tapering at both ends. Katharina Kotrba, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 Plant the tallest items at the back of the bed, tapering down to the shortest ones at the front of the planting area closest to the walk. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tapering
Verb
  • Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women, behind lung cancer, although death rates have been decreasing over the last three decades.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The fabric was woven with regenerative cotton from Spain and dyed with Candiani’s Indigo Juice technology, which keeps the dye superficial on yarns, decreasing the energy, water, and chemicals consumption.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • From the Luddites smashing looms in 19th-century England to autoworkers walking out over the introduction of robots to the factory floor in the 1980s, resistance has flared before either being crushed or subsiding, giving way to the new economies and social orders the technologies ushered in.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • During the recent measles outbreak centered in Texas, the Pandemic Center’s data contradicted Kennedy’s assertions that the crisis was subsiding, Jennifer Nuzzo, the director of the Pandemic Center, told me.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Football, it could be argued, is diminishing its worth by almost never taking a break and playing virtually year-round.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement Risks of multivitamins Many of us grew up striving for 100% on every test, but overachieving with multivitamins comes with risk—diminishing their benefits or causing harmful side effects.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The film, featuring Martin and John Candy, would go on to become a classic, effectively easing all fears.
    Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The magnesium spray helps keep your Activator Gel moist during session while easing post-workout soreness by penetrating its nutrients deep into the skin.
    Francesca Krempa, StyleCaster, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Schools are facing mounting challenges — from funding pressures to declining enrollment and stagnant student achievement.
    Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Low midsingle-digit gains are anticipated due to rising prices from tariffs and inflation, declining consumer confidence, economic uncertainties and potential stockouts.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With less money being invested by record labels into touring, that has created a top-heavy artist hierarchy, with the rich getting richer and the poor and middle class falling by the wayside.
    Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The group acknowledged a need to modernize the government's data gathering processes, which have been hampered by falling survey response rates.
    Scott Horsley, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trump insists that trillions in new investment are flowing in, the trade deficit is shrinking, and the nation is flush enough to consider mailing out checks.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Most pressing is inflation – but there’s also Japan’s demographic crisis, with a rapidly aging population, falling birthrate, shrinking workforce, and growing costs of elder care and welfare.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Tapering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tapering. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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