subsiding

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A new study published in Nature finds that many of the world's largest river deltas are subsiding more quickly than global sea levels are rising, putting hundreds of millions of people at potential risk.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

Pakistan would likely gain a measure of relief from subsiding Sunni-Shiite tensions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Verdi sees inflation subsiding toward 2% as an initial jolt to food prices wears off.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

Betts was penciled in to start at shortstop, arriving at the ballpark with his symptoms subsiding.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2025

He then looked at me with his exposed eyes, which were full of slowly subsiding mirth and the pride of someone who knows a really good riddle or two.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger