TONING (DOWN) Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

toning (down)

verb

present participle of tone (down)

as in tapering (off)

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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

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As the door swings closed on a sunny Tuesday afternoon, muffling the sounds of traffic, the nook of curiosities comes alive.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026
The actress wears a toasty-looking fur hat and sits cross-legged on the floor, the Canadian road traffic muffling her voice slightly.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of muffling

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In theory, the clearinghouse would monitor the speed of AI growth without blunting the nation’s competitive advantage.

— John Caruso, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
The law is aimed at blunting financial scams that often target older adults, which frequently include prompting victims to withdraw large sums of money at once.

— Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2026

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Gupta estimated that reducing formation time by half or more could lower overall factory electricity use by 10% to 15%.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
Slowing or reducing the demand for that subsidy seems appropriate in my view.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

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