tapering
Example Sentences
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Sightings begin around June and ramp up in July before slowly tapering down through the fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
For decades, the city hosted several a year, but the practice began tapering off in the late 1960s.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
Some looked almost identical to the classic “toothpick grooves” of fossil humans, complete with fine parallel scratches and tapering shapes.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
Each new prescription generates a billable visit, while tapering a patient off an ineffective drug takes time, monitoring and follow-up, which the billing system frequently doesn’t reimburse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
It was a quarter inch thick in the middle, tapering to the edges.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
