taper
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Wait, back up: Why did the fighting taper off?
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 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
Also, we would reassess if we see demand for AI services taper off.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
The overall rate of inflation tends to slow down once oil prices taper off.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
She always had some kind of dessert too, as Tea Cake said it give a man something to taper off on.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
Oil spills are likely to increase as fossil fuel use tapers, and oil companies put off upgrades to aging infrastructure, experts say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“The real test is what happens after Labor Day, when leisure demand tapers and airlines adjust fall capacity for a lower-fuel environment,” Cunningham wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 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
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
The audience chatter tapers off as the stage lights come up, and Student Council Maddie steps up to the microphone.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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
According to the simulations, this low-angle impact explains the basin's distinctive elongated and tapered shape.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
With each stride, I squirmed deeper into the Florsheims’ tapered toes in a vain effort to spare my chafing heels.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
Her eyeliner was thick and stretched back toward her temples, her black jeans tight and tapered, her Doc Martens well-polished.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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
On Saturday, Ventura County could see wind gusts between 20 and 30 mph, and isolated gusts of 40 mph, starting in the mid-morning and tapering off later in the afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026
Under that was the straight, slightly tapering column with its red to purple to blue.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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