taper

Example Sentences

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The share of advancing stocks, or breadth, had started to taper off even before the S&P 500 hit its Oct.

From MarketWatch

Read: Retail sales tapered off before the shutdown.

From MarketWatch

The cases date back to the fall of 2021 but seemed to peak last spring and summer before tapering off, experts said.

From New York Times

Medical staff would ease their withdrawal often with doses of morphine tapered over the course of a couple of weeks.

From Scientific American

They could continue offering care as they taper a child’s treatments if removing them from the treatment immediately could harm the child.

From Seattle Times