tapered
Example Sentences
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The company eventually abandoned that approach, selling the product through retailers, but sales still tapered out.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
For now, the geopolitical risk premium, which had been supporting oil prices, appears to have tapered off.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
In September, the Guardian reported that Treasury officials were considering a tapered approach, under which parents would receive most benefits for their first child and less for subsequent children.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025
As sales growth tapered off and the company continued losing money, though, investors soured on its shares, which slid more than 80% over the course of 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
They were great tapered blocks, each as big in its own right as a castle, but they appeared entirely smooth, windowless and doorless.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
