winding
Example Sentences
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Authorities said the crowd that gathered at the federal building later in the afternoon, as the rally was winding down, had ignored orders to disperse.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
OpenAI also appears to be winding down ChatGPT’s video functionality and taking all its animation APIs offline.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Meanwhile, OpenAI announced on Tuesday afternoon that it is winding down the app for its AI video generator, Sora — an example of a compute-intensive product that requires a lot of memory and storage.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026
OpenAI said it would later provide timelines for winding down the standalone app, as well as details on how people can preserve their work.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
Then, as if to seal the conclusion that the mountain was winding back down, the steam-blast eruptions—the “burps” of gas and ash—ended on April 22.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.