peter

[pee-ter] / ˈpi tər /

VERB

decrease

Synonyms

STRONG

check contract curb decay decline degenerate drain droop drop ease ebb fade lower quiet rebate settle shrink sink slash slump taper wane waste

WEAK

abate calm down crumble curtail cut down depreciate deteriorate devaluate die down diminish drop off dry up dwindle evaporate fall off lessen let up lighten lose edge modify narrow down peter out quell reduce restrain run low shrivel slack off slacken slow down soften subside tail away tail off weaken wear away wear down wither

Antonyms

STRONG

aid ascend assist build develop enlarge expand go up grow help improve increase pour raise rise strengthen stretch

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The series, obviously a passion project for Mr. Scorsese, no pun intended, has thus far profiled such churchly icons as Joan of Arc, John the Baptist, Francis of Assisi and Moses the Black; the second season includes St. Patrick and St. Peter, Thomas à Becket and, in a nod to more current-day Catholicism, online evangelist Carlos Acutis.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of them, XPrize & Singularity University founder and chair Peter H. Diamandis, just launched a $3.5 million fund to promote optimistic sci-fi films to counter the AI doomsday narrative.

From Salon

Peter Matejic, chief analyst at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, said: "The latest statistics show overall poverty rose slightly and there was little change in child poverty in the first year of the Labour government."

From BBC

Peter Attwell, 71, from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, still hasn't received premium bond funds from NS&I that belonged to his late brother who died in January.

From BBC

Peter says the delays he has faced are "totally unacceptable".

From BBC

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