tapered
Example Sentences
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Read: Retail sales tapered off before the shutdown.
From MarketWatch
Medical staff would ease their withdrawal often with doses of morphine tapered over the course of a couple of weeks.
From Scientific American
The tower, completed in 1991, features a tapered crown of blue glass that is meant to look like a gas flame.
From Los Angeles Times
That allowed the district to grab only a few days’ water before flows down the local river, Cache Creek, tapered off, said Kristin Sicke, the district’s general manager.
From New York Times
At some point that has to be tapered away.
From BBC
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