as in to fade
to lose bodily strength or vigor
the tuberculosis resulted in her simply wasting away
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Equally, the allure of lying on a beach or touring the typical sights is fading.—
Duncan Madden,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025 -
Zwicky, which scans the night sky with a wide-field camera, has a reputation for enabling astronomers to discover transients, or fleeting cosmic phenomena, such as quickly flaring and fading supernovas.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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For Trump, whose political brand has long relied on projecting authenticity to his base, a sustained decline in honesty ratings could weaken his ability to roll out his agenda.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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This means banana particles can remain between teeth for an extended period, giving bacteria more time to produce acids that weaken tooth enamel.14 6.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
13 Aug. 2025
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George Springer helped lead Toronto’s offense, going 3 for 6 with a solo homer, a double and an RBI single.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Aug. 2025
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Peter Aiken/Getty Images Footage of the incident has since gone viral and circulated online, drawing widespread attention and sparking discussion among fans and analysts around the team and its players.—
Cecil Merkerson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
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The former All-Star catcher was central to a sagging core group along with Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford that then-GM Bobby Evans unsuccessfully sought to prop up and keep the top spinning.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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This term is being used to describe the sagging skin, weaker muscles and dryness in the vulvar region that some GLP-1 agonist users have been noticing.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Federal officials claimed that Bolton failed to complete a review process to edit out classified information.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
22 Aug. 2025
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According to the memo, a preliminary investigation concluded that a woman, driving a BMW SUV, failed to yield when turning left, resulting in a collision with Hinds.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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The two-year Treasury yield, which more closely tracks expectations for Fed action, sank from 3.79% to 3.69% in a notable move for the bond market.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Aug. 2025
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The two-year Treasury yield, which more closely tracks expectations for Fed action, sank to 3.69% from 3.79% in a notable move for the bond market.—
Stan Choe,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Waste (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waste%20%28away%29. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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