recede

Example Sentences

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As floodwaters begin to recede on Oahu, residents are returning home to assess the damage and, in many cases, what’s been lost.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

One reason is that as tariffs and housing pressures recede, odds are that inflation will resume its decline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Healthcare is another cost eating into the wallet of the American consumer, and one that isn’t likely to recede in the face of Fed rate cuts.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

The central question: Will there ever come a time when justice will prevail — and impunity will recede — in cases of Mexican journalists targeted by organized crime, corrupt politicians and others?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

While the rate declined in the 1990s as the shadows cast by the Vietnam War began to recede, it has picked up again as a result of the military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson