tapered
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The company eventually abandoned that approach, selling the product through retailers, but sales still tapered out.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
For now, the geopolitical risk premium, which had been supporting oil prices, appears to have tapered off.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
Some of “the downside risk has tapered off in the large-cap tech names,” he said, but “bubble fears” remain in the wake of the market’s boom on artificial-intelligence enthusiasm.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025
In September, the Guardian reported that Treasury officials were considering a tapered approach, under which parents would receive most benefits for their first child and less for subsequent children.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025
Instead of legs, her torso tapered into what looked like a short baton.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
