as in relaxes
to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety
not being one for alcoholic beverages, I prefer to wind down with a cup of tea every night
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Recent Examples of winds down
When the party winds down, there’s no shame in asking your guests and their kids to help clean up your driveway.
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Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2026
The event kicks off the Friday before with Vogue’s annual Last Friday in April event and goes to the wee hours of Tuesday morning, when the last after-party winds down.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 2 May 2026
McCall said there’s still work ahead as the school year winds down.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Showers in April, when the winter rainy season historically winds down, are not rare, although less common than in March or February.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
But with Wagner and Anthony Black back, as well as Carter and Cain on the mend, Orlando’s overall health is trending up as the regular season winds down.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
So, consider today a dry run of what will ultimately occur when the war winds down.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
Any pressure here is purely about Izzo, 71, getting to that ninth semifinal and having another crack at a second championship as his Hall of Fame career winds down.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
As Travis Kelce winds down his magnificent career, look for the Chiefs to select a potential successor who can put up numbers.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2026
The event kicks off the Friday before with Vogue’s annual Last Friday in April event and goes to the wee hours of Tuesday morning, when the last after-party winds down.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 2 May 2026
McCall said there’s still work ahead as the school year winds down.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Showers in April, when the winter rainy season historically winds down, are not rare, although less common than in March or February.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
But with Wagner and Anthony Black back, as well as Carter and Cain on the mend, Orlando’s overall health is trending up as the regular season winds down.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
So, consider today a dry run of what will ultimately occur when the war winds down.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
Any pressure here is purely about Izzo, 71, getting to that ninth semifinal and having another crack at a second championship as his Hall of Fame career winds down.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
As Travis Kelce winds down his magnificent career, look for the Chiefs to select a potential successor who can put up numbers.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for winds down
Verb
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The new documentary includes footage of this shocking moment, showing Attenborough pressed to the ground as a young gorilla relaxes on top of him, seemingly unbothered by the man in their midst.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
5 May 2026
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The color forges a deep connection with nature that simultaneously relaxes and energizes.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The sublime—a concept introduced by the first-century philosopher Longinus and later refined by Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant—rests on an encounter with something too immense or too powerful for the human mind to comprehend fully.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Our evidence rests in the eight spindly tomato plants poking up from small containers next to a large window in our back room.—
Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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“Winds down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/winds%20down. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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