tapered
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Bambaataa’s recording career tapered off in the aughts, but he continued working as a DJ until his death.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Inflation has tapered to 1.7% annually, which may impel the European Central Bank to cut interest rates below their current 2%.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 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
Cardan is dressed in breeches, a waistcoat, and another coat over that, fitted in his shoulders, tapered in sharply at the waist and falling to his midthigh.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
