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give way

verb as in snap

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After three years of breakneck growth and soaring valuations, the AI industry enters 2026 with some of the euphoria giving way to tough questions.

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Soon, though, the wisecrack gives way to more sober ruminations.

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Today, Mumbai is yet again a city in rapid flux - its building code governed by real estate moguls trying to maximise the floor space index, giving way to utilitarian rather than stylistic considerations.

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Lee said that the next two weeks could be choppy, before giving way to a rebound.

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Over the decades in Tulkarem camp -- as with other Palestinian camps -- tents gave way to concrete buildings, onto which new generations added floors to accommodate the growing population.

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

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