- present participle of weaken.
weakening
Example Sentences
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Participating in a larger slice of the industry downstream of those chips, including lease backstops, residual-value guarantees and even equity stakes in customers, compounds the risks of an eventual weakening in AI chip demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The weakening of the Iranian currency, the rial, is felt sharply and widely.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
A weakening currency coupled with rising bond yields is often seen as a sign that investor confidence has been dented.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
"All three are weakening as the international environment changes," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Lamarck believed that animals adapted to their environments by strengthening or weakening certain traits—“with a power proportional to the length of time it has been so used.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
