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tapered

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verb

past tense of taper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tapered
Adjective
  • However, gradual improvements in his condition have quieted speculation about an imminent resignation or papal conclave.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
  • These findings support the theory that sudden changes or drops in estrogen, as opposed to more gradual changes, increase the risk of migraine.
    Brigid Dwyer, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Its pandemic subsided in 1969, but the virus continued to circulate, eventually becoming a part of the regular seasonal flu strain.
    Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Netanyahu's legal and political predicaments are being subsided when the war is still ongoing.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Recession fears have diminished, inflation is trending back toward 2 percent, and the labor market has rebalanced, but remains strong.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The theme of running recurred, as did moments of isolation, with Abraham appearing preoccupied and diminished, unable to fully participate as the others moved around him.
    Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • This was especially true as business interests, working to undermine progressive New Deal labor policies such as a federal minimum wage and unemployment insurance, openly equated support for these policies with Communism.
    Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made by History, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
  • In a heavily progressive city that voted 3-to-1 against President Donald Trump in November, there has been extensive disappointment over his initiatives since taking office.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • He’s played in 17 of 34 games ever since, felled by a torn ACL, a concussion, an ankle injury and a wrist injury that needed surgery.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
  • He remains deeply saddened by the death of his favorite politician, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, felled by an assassin's bullets.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The store was shut during the COVID-19 pandemic and was reopened briefly after Shanghai eased lockdown measures.
    Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Unfriendly clouds loomed as the Star Breeze eased out of the lagoon.
    David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Tapered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tapered. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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