1
as in ending
to come to an end
the rain let up just as we reached the house
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2
as in decreasing
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
the windmill slowed down as the wind let up
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as in dying (down)
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Recent Examples of letting up
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
And there are no signs of letting up as a new nine-month term dawns in October with more major cases awaiting.
—Jan Wolfe, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
The rain isn’t letting up and neither are these questions!
—Kristen Arnett
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Analysts said with Blackwell fully ramping and demand for AI not letting up, estimates will need to go higher.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
The pressure was on, and Wong wasn’t letting up.
—Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The expansion is being fueled by its cloud infrastructure business as demand for AI is showing no signs of letting up.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
And there are no signs of letting up as a new nine-month term dawns in October with more major cases awaiting.
—Jan Wolfe, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
The rain isn’t letting up and neither are these questions!
—Kristen Arnett
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Analysts said with Blackwell fully ramping and demand for AI not letting up, estimates will need to go higher.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
The pressure was on, and Wong wasn’t letting up.
—Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for letting up
Verb
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Total gross for the week ending September 14 was $30,128,088, a boost of about 20% over the previous week and 18% over this time last year.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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The move has puzzled many since ending the program would bar every company, including oil firms, from accessing federal subsidies for capturing carbon or producing hydrogen fuel.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Researchers credit the guidance to give all infants the vaccine, issued in 1991, with decreasing rates of acute hepatitis-B infection among young children by 99 percent.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
18 Sep. 2025
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Costs are decreasing for cameras, chips and sensors to help physical workplaces on matters of safety, accountability and efficiency.—
Aman Kidwai,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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With conditions restored on the 236-meter flight deck, Barone made multiple warm-up passes to heat the SF90’s V8 engine and then launched from the aft end, stopping safely before ascending the ramp.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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In 2020 and 2021, many endorsed the deplatforming of Covid skeptics and election conspiracy theorists, arguing that there was a public interest in stopping misinformation.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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From the Luddites smashing looms in 19th-century England to autoworkers walking out over the introduction of robots to the factory floor in the 1980s, resistance has flared before either being crushed or subsiding, giving way to the new economies and social orders the technologies ushered in.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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During the recent measles outbreak centered in Texas, the Pandemic Center’s data contradicted Kennedy’s assertions that the crisis was subsiding, Jennifer Nuzzo, the director of the Pandemic Center, told me.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The action kicked off Thursday night with the Green Bay Packers overpowering the Washington Commanders and progresses to Sunday’s 13 contests before concluding with a Monday night doubleheader.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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Trump was right again in concluding that the Federal Reserve has been too late in responding to the deterioration of the job market.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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However, diminishing perceptions that a college education is very important have occurred relatively equally among both Republicans and Democrats, suggesting that other factors must also be at play.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The threat for heavy rain in South Florida is diminishing, however typical scattered thunderstorms with locally heavy downpours are still possible in the area through the weekend.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Federal pandemic funding is expiring, leaving many districts with budget cuts approaching 8%.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has pitched the short-term extension as a way to keep the government open so negotiations can proceed on fuller budget talks and cross-party negotiations on the expiring Obamacare subsidies.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Bianka could be seen winding up and then throwing an impressive pitch down the plate at Dodgers Stadium to be caught by right fielder Mookie Betts, in a video shared on X by a Los Angeles Lakers fan account.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The Biden administration took a more restrictive approach toward the export of American AI, primarily through limits on chip sales that sought to prevent the key hardware from winding up in the hands of foreign adversaries such as China.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
30 July 2025
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“Letting up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/letting%20up. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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