as in to decrease
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
as the years went by, the public's interest in the murder case fell away
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Recent Examples of fall away
The history-making criminal cases that consumed so much of Trump's time and attention during his 2024 presidential campaign have been falling away.
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Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
Christmas music has fallen away, as is the case every January, after weeks of nonstop playing of holiday favorites.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Well, the play was 125 pages, and the movie is 70 pages, so a lot of it did fall away.
—Mike Miller, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Two minutes and 40 seconds after liftoff, the Super Heavy fell away and the Starship continued the climb to space on the power of its six Raptor engines.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
Christmas music has fallen away, as is the case every January, after weeks of nonstop playing of holiday favorites.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Well, the play was 125 pages, and the movie is 70 pages, so a lot of it did fall away.
—Mike Miller, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Two minutes and 40 seconds after liftoff, the Super Heavy fell away and the Starship continued the climb to space on the power of its six Raptor engines.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fall away
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In other second-quarter statistics, there was a 50.9 percent gross margin rate, representing an increase of 110 basis points year-over-year; inventory decreased 1.3 percent last quarter to 404.6 million euros.—
David Moin,
WWD,
11 Feb. 2025
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Africa’s lion population has decreased by nearly half over the past quarter century, according to the African Wildlife Foundation, and the lion is regionally extinct in 15 African countries.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
AFAR Media,
11 Feb. 2025
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This has less to do with a diminishing talent pool than a changing industry where the lines between Corman’s world and Hollywood at large became more sharply drawn.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2025
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Although his output had diminished, from an availability and form perspective, Villa valued him higher than Douglas Luiz or Diaby and with greater scope for improvement.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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By most measures, political violence subsided after January 2021, in part because hundreds of participants in the January 6 attack were convicted and imprisoned.—
STEVEN LEVITSKY,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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Ultimately, the north winds subsided and hundreds of firefighters and volunteers got the fire under control.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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Good news for green energy The cost of a utility-scale solar panels has fallen 82% since 2010, according to the the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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Their latest survey of consumer sentiment showed the number of people who believe their next vehicle will be a truck or SUV fell 3% compared to a year ago, while the number intending to buy a car rose 3%.—
Joann Muller,
Axios,
15 Feb. 2025
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And yet the United States needs immigrants to offset the declining birth rate in this country.—
Brad Wolf,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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According to the data, an infection with omicron provided an initial protection of nearly 80 percent between the first three to six months after infection, but that protection rapidly declined.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
6 Feb. 2025
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Nearly two-thirds of employers said easing inflation, stabilizing interest rates and a steady unemployment rate should support headcount growth this year, according to a survey conducted last fall.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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However, investors’ worries were eased as Trump held off from implementing levies immediately.—
Pia Singh,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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The longest length tapers off mid-calf on a five-foot-ten model and is slightly longer than 45 inches in length.—
Alexis Bennett Parker,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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In the Los Angeles-area, the rain that has triggered flooding and mudslides since the weekend mostly tapered off by Monday afternoon.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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