taper

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Showers are expected to taper off by late Friday evening with dry and warmer weather returning through the middle of next week.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

While the medical establishment has mostly maintained that gabapentin isn’t habit-forming, some patients have reported debilitating adverse effects when they try to taper off it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

If so, GDP growth is also likely to taper off.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025

She was on the medication for 16 weeks before she began to taper, cutting down over a period of six weeks.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Chip had on his team sweatshirt too, but he wore it with his usual black joggers, the kind with stripes down the sides that taper around the ankles.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram