TONING (DOWN) Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

toning (down)

verb

present participle of tone (down)

as in tapering (off)

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One person, by the way, Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia , came out Thursday and said that CoreWeave is fine, doesn't need help — and, in fact, the company's cost of capital is actually decreasing because Nvidia chips more than hold their value.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Experts say forever chemicals can have a major impact on your health, compromising immunity, decreasing fertility, causing developmental delays in children and increasing the risk of certain kinds of cancers.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

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The actress wears a toasty-looking fur hat and sits cross-legged on the floor, the Canadian road traffic muffling her voice slightly.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
Patmos would divide the open warehouse space into smaller rooms, add pipes and support infrastructure and install sound-muffling materials.

— Ilana Arougheti June 26, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026

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The law is aimed at blunting financial scams that often target older adults, which frequently include prompting victims to withdraw large sums of money at once.

— Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2026
Semaglutide can hook into this system, blunting the usual pleasure from eating high-fat and sugary treats.

— Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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While serving as a public health official, el Sayed wrote an op-ed in 2019 strongly supporting the Green New Deal, arguing that reducing greenhouse gas emissions will help improve public health.

— Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
Together, the tools could help accelerate the development of more resilient electric motor systems while reducing the risks associated with critical material shortages, volatile supply chains and rapidly changing global markets.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

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