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The Guardian says the Budget will see the controversial "cliff-edge" rule abolished, reporting that the chancellor will announce a new digital taper system for the so-called carer's allowance.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

More rain was forecast throughout Sunday for Bangkok and its surrounding provinces, but would begin to taper off on Monday, it said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Oxford estimates car sales will taper off soon and fall short of the 16 million mark in 2026, compared with 16.2 million new vehicles sold in 2025.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

After suffering the loss of her child, journalist Esme Saleh leaned into her creative side, painting folk art-inspired taper candles as a way to move forward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

He went to the fireplace, touched a taper to a live coal, and lit the pipe.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

“If the geopolitical backdrop does stabilize and the U.S.-Iran conflict tapers off, we would expect the pre-conflict relative strength of the Northeast Asian tech sector to reassert itself,” he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

TYG could be comparatively well positioned if the recent surge in oil prices tapers off, as futures markets suggest is probable.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

“In the North Bay, you have up to 2½ inches and you’re seeing rain in Marin and Napa counties, which is what we expected. Then it tapers off below.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

The economy is likely to expand this year by an above-average rate of 2.8%, the IMF forecast, before growth tapers off to 2% in 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025

My body tapers into a squirming, wormlike bit of flesh, as if I’m a larval version of myself, suspended above the dark ground.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

After I came off the bipolar meds, a different medication helped me through a hard year, and when I was ready, I tapered off slowly while working with my doctor.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Some have sent a detailed proposal to the department setting out a "tapered" alternative scheme.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Tiny, tapered holes in this long-sleeve shirt channel air onto the skin, with larger cutouts in high-sweat spots to keep the shirt light and chafe-free.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

The study "A southward differentiated impactor forms the tapered shape of the South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the Moon" was published in Science Advances.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026

Now Therese drops the soiled garments in soapy water with fingers that are long and tapered, like a lady’s, but red and rough, like a servant’s.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The analysts forecast an operating loss for the company’s petrochemical unit for the July-September period amid sluggish demand, with the benefit from U.S. tariff refunds in 2Q tapering off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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

The company faces weaker Internet-of-Things revenue growth due to tapering subsidies, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

Flood had previously warned that CTA buying was tapering off.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026

It had horns thick as arms, tapering to wicked points, and it pawed at the ground and tossed its head, a roar rumbling up its metal throat.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor