recede

Example Sentences

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Maybe, just maybe, the darkness was beginning to recede.

From Literature

He is banking that the firm will be helped by wider trends, as general inflation recedes, and the price of coffee, which has soared in recent years, subsides a little.

From BBC

Following the pandemic, inflation receded—but not sufficiently.

From Barron's

Mirror Tech was getting farther and farther away and he felt like the answers he needed were receding with it.

From Literature

As the immediate risk appeared to recede, Rushdie re-emerged, becoming something of a celebrity and continuing to create successful literary fiction.

From Barron's