as in to decrease
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 taper off
This snow tapers off during the early morning hours, but there still could be a few lingering snow showers around daybreak Sunday.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2025
Around that time, the snow will begin to taper off, transitioning into an icy mixture of snow and sleet for Sunday morning, with lingering snow showers in the forecast into the early afternoon hours.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Moderate rain was expected to fall on and off throughout the region during the afternoon, as the system moved away from the region and the precipitation tapered off.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
What's Next The storm is expected to taper off by Thursday afternoon, but another round of wintry weather is possible over the weekend.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2025
Around that time, the snow will begin to taper off, transitioning into an icy mixture of snow and sleet for Sunday morning, with lingering snow showers in the forecast into the early afternoon hours.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Moderate rain was expected to fall on and off throughout the region during the afternoon, as the system moved away from the region and the precipitation tapered off.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
What's Next The storm is expected to taper off by Thursday afternoon, but another round of wintry weather is possible over the weekend.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for taper off
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New York Open Data showed that certain types of delays, such as those related to braking issues, rail and roadbed problems and service delivery, decreased on the A line from September to December.—
Nic F. Anderson,
CNN,
9 Mar. 2025
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The three main causes of hydroplaning are: Vehicle speed - When a vehicle's speed increases, the tire-traction grip and ability to control the vehicle decreases.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Mar. 2025
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The intense criticism of the COVID response has left a lingering public distrust in health and diminished their influence.—
Tina Reed,
Axios,
10 Mar. 2025
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The seeming smallness of the story does nothing to diminish the film’s bleakness nor blunt its ultimately devastating impact.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2025
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Crime has since subsided, though its memory hasn’t.—
Aatish Bhatia,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2025
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The uproar surrounding the election has not subsided since that time, despite Ganim later winning two court-ordered re-do elections in 2024.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2025
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Columbia officials declined to comment on the pending litigation.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC News,
14 Mar. 2025
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Hynes declined to address the penalty kill after the game as not to jinx it.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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So the advantages to exempting tips from taxation quickly fall away.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2025
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But the psychological barriers that have long kept proliferation at bay may already have fallen away.—
Gideon Rose,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Mar. 2025
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After this, oil production will fall, albeit slowly toward 2050, as decarbonization proceeds and more electric vehicles take to the roads.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Overall, bookings fell after the deadly Jan. 29 D.C. crash, rebounded a bit, and then fell again after the Feb. 17 crash in Toronto, in which a regional jet crashed upon landing, overturned and caught fire.—
Sam Sweeney,
ABC News,
11 Mar. 2025
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Offer Remote Work Rewards One way HR leaders can ease return-to-office pushback is by giving employees more control.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Research suggests that bromelain has anti-inflammatory properties and helps ease sore throats and clear sinuses.—
Julie Marks,
Verywell Health,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Taper off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taper%20off. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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