tapering off

verb

present participle of taper off
as in decreasing
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 tapering off How long tapering off testosterone takes Recovery is not uniform. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Not doing so and focusing just on sandals and flip-flops means the brand peaks in the spring-summer, and then see the business tapering off in the fall. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 Al-Deek says relief can come from a few different directions — hormone replacement therapy, switching to a different antidepressant, adjusting your dose or tapering off the medication altogether. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Aug. 2026 Rain chances continue into Thursday, with storm activity tapering off in the evening. — Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026 The rain will be tapering off and skies will be clearing in the afternoon. — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 17 July 2026 The large multi-state outbreak in 2013 went from June to August before tapering off. — Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 July 2026 The first-round showers and storms will move eastward through the rest of Saturday morning with the activity tapering off in the early afternoon. — Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 6 June 2026 For most movies, the opening weekend is the most lucrative, with ticket sales tapering off from there. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tapering off
  1. decreasing
  2. diminishing
  3. subsiding
  4. falling away
  5. declining
  6. falling
Verb
  • School library jobs remain vulnerable to budget cuts, and the number of school librarians across the state has been decreasing since 2010.
    — Kafi Kumasi, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Huang said this week that CoreWeave doesn't need Nvidia's backstop and that the neocloud's cost of capital is decreasing.
    — Kif Leswing,Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of decreasing
Verb
  • Kikuchi makes Haru’s occasionally mortifying romantic pursuit both funny and affecting, embracing the character’s impulsive, sometimes ridiculous behavior without diminishing the depth of her loss.
    — Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The good news is that its strongest winds and heaviest rain will remain over the Atlantic, with impacts along our coastline gradually diminishing.
    — Kate Bilo, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of diminishing
Verb
  • Multiple Kelvin waves These waves can bring elevated sea levels for weeks at a time, eventually subsiding before the next wave hits.
    — Zoe Mintz, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Two of them coincide with areas where satellite radar shows that the ground is actively subsiding.
    — Nolan Roth, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of subsiding
Verb
  • My belief is that Benedict literally thought that the historic falling away from the church during his papacy was a sign of the end times.
    — David Gibson, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The gatekeepers who controlled which stories were told to the wider public are falling away.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of falling away
Verb
  • China was once a key profit center for Volkswagen, but now the company faces declining demand for cars there on top of fierce price competition from local carmakers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Search growth is declining, and Google is placing all its eggs in the AI basket.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of declining
Verb
  • The Chiefs had a historically bad loss last weekend while falling 20-3 to the Seahawks in Seattle.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Think of dominoes falling, not checkers hopscotching across the board.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of falling

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“Tapering off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tapering%20off. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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