wane
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The Mac Mini is a niche device, he added: “Apple also doesn’t want demand to wane suddenly and have a year or more of inventory sitting around.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Demand will likely increase as stores deplete, but the appetite for cocoa may wane if substitutes or lab-grown beans gain traction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
But with war risks seemingly on the wane, and corporate America growing profits at a double-digit pace, investors are seeing few reasons to miss out on the market’s springtime momentum.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
The technology’s real allure for studio executives may not wane, however.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
Like the pale moon, I wane, weary of seeing the world’s grief, and I wax again, burdened with life.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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As interest in Tesla’s electric passenger vehicles wanes, the company is betting on the truck to give it a needed boost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Demand wanes in the following decade, with new units needed declining to 802,000 a year or 8.02 million.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Growing capacity too fast in the chip business can cause whiplash later: When demand wanes, manufacturers are stuck with unused factory space that costs money to maintain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
As the summer wanes, Jean’s fixation on David grows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
I spot my face on one, but the ink waxes and wanes, changing too quickly for me to read it and know my fate.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Experts say poaching in the region has waned, though a ranger found part of an old snare during AFP's visit.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Tonopah, built by the mining industry around 1900 and depleted as the gold, silver, lead and mercury waned, is a remote way station about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Interest in going public hasn’t waned, said Rachel Gerring, Americas IPO leader at consulting services provider EY, noting the unusually high level of IPO activity in January and February of this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
But as US interest in pursuing that goal has waned he believes "new energy can be brought to this process" from Europe.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
But when the seasons brought the fourth around, as long months waned, and the slow days were spent, one of her maids, who knew the secret, told us.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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Reading scores among high school seniors are at their lowest in decades, according to federal testing data, while schools across the country are grappling with how to respond to waning attention spans and artificial intelligence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
A survey of consumer confidence released Tuesday showed that 22.5% of people said jobs were “hard to get,” the highest level since the waning stages of the pandemic in early 2021.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Any setback in receiving FDA clearances or signs of waning momentum in high-growth categories would likely keep shares under pressure.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Still, ANZ Research analysts say the war reinforces structural reasons for investors to increase exposure to gold, including geopolitical fragmentation and waning confidence in bonds as a reliable portfolio diversifier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
He could feel his strength waning, and they still had another giant to deal with.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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