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View definitions for tapering

tapering

adjective as in conical

Weak match

adjective as in narrowing

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Example Sentences

The Federal Reserve decided the economy is strong enough to start tapering its bond purchases.

She would never have used the “T” word, “tapering,” because unemployment remains unconcionably high.

On CNBC Wednesday morning, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein called for the Fed to start tapering.

In June, Bernanke had said that the tapering could start only once gains in the labor market seemed persistent and safe.

The implication is that Summers sees less risk in rapid tapering.

Next from the large casket Mrs. Sin took another smaller casket and a very long, tapering silver bodkin.

Her hands were sinuous as serpents, the fingers tapering, the nails very long like the Chinese.

She bends over him, she draws forth a knife, slender, tapering to a point almost like a needle.

The caudal appendage of the juvenile and female is made up of three small joints tapering to a blunt end.

Cephalothorax suboval, upper margin strongly concave at the sides and tapering to a point at the median line.

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On this page you'll find 32 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tapering, such as: conical/conic, pointed, sharp, tapered, and pyramidal.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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