- present participle of taper.
tapering
Example Sentences
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Sightings begin around June and ramp up in July before slowly tapering down through the fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 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
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
The second floor, essentially an attic, was even narrower than the first, the house tapering under a slanted roof.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
