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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

As time went on, painting taper candles helped her find joy again, and others noticed too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

In the wake of childbirth, testosterone levels in both fathers and mothers briefly taper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Also, we would reassess if we see demand for AI services taper off.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

He’d gone out that day, through the melting snow, and bought a packet of taper candles from the corner store, and batteries to fit the flashlight.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

“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

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

Meanwhile, ChatGPT’s growth suddenly tapered off after Google’s own consumer chatbot began to surge in popularity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 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

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

“The real test will come in May, by which point the flow of tax refunds will have tapered off significantly, while high gas prices probably will remain elevated,” Pantheon’s Tombs writes.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

It’s a red fez, high and tapered at the top with a hanging tassel.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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

The ornate exterior, with its tapering towers and multiple facades, has an almost organic quality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Flood had previously warned that CTA buying was tapering off.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026

The shelves are mountains scaling the walls, tapering toward a sky of stained glass.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton