recede

Example Sentences

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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

The pontoon began to move, and we watched the dam recede.

From Literature

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