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For one, unlike traditional infrastructure booms—which taper off after the initial build-out—AI infrastructure investment is expected to accelerate, according to PwC’ s Global Data Centre Outlook.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Wait, back up: Why did the fighting taper off?

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

“Sophie’s a champion milking cow, although I think she’s getting ready to taper off. Don’t worry.”

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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

Although battery storage initially manages the evening rise in electricity demand, gas-fired generation remains critical to maintain reliability after battery discharge tapers later in the night, East Daley adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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

And then, after forever, he said, “It’s above my knee and it just tapers a little and then it’s just skin. There’s a nasty scar, but it just looks like—” “What?”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

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

Where Hard Tack had been tall, sleek, tapered, every line suggesting motion, his son was blunt, coarse, rectangular, stationary.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

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 Department of Health and Human Services will also convene a panel to develop guidance for doctors, train staff at federally qualified health centers and roll out training on “psychiatric medication risks, tapering, and deprescribing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 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