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  • present participle of fade.
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fading

ADJECTIVE
declining
Synonyms


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Residents of hard-hit Pereira are still hoping for a miracle, but optimism is fading.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Hearty slices of calamari singed on the plancha gleam in the fading sunlight.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

Facebook's cleaner, simpler design pulled users away, and MySpace struggled through redesigns and ownership changes before fading from mainstream use.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

The book fills in some of that fading history.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

I caught a whiff of her fading lavender perfume and the fried rice from dinner.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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