tapering

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Each new prescription generates a billable visit, while tapering a patient off an ineffective drug takes time, monitoring and follow-up, which the billing system frequently doesn’t reimburse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

There is a precedent for tougher warnings and guidelines for slower tapering.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Flood had previously warned that CTA buying was tapering off.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

On Saturday, Ventura County could see wind gusts between 20 and 30 mph, and isolated gusts of 40 mph, starting in the mid-morning and tapering off later in the afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

There was also a strange, cone-shaped, extremely fine mesh net—a foot across at the mouth and tapering to a point, and perhaps eight feet long—that made no sense to David at all.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen