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waning

adjective as in decreasing

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For progressives, the waning days of 2014 should be as dark a moment as their movement has faced since 2004.

The government report states the “outbreak [of beetles] is waning.”

As we enter the waning years of the Obama Administration, America remains as divided as ever on matters of race.

However, her popularity is waning as the big 3-0 approaches, so Garfield decides to dump her at an antique furniture store.

But, again, with enthusiasm for Modern Family waning as the buzz for Veep continues to grow, Tony Hale should win again this year.

When it is new, and also when in its waning stages it is visible in the daytime, the spherical form is very apparent.

My waning strength is a source of satisfaction: perhaps it indicates the approach of death.

Any attack of illness that happened to the emperor was directly attributed to the waning popularity of the oath.

The afternoon of a summer's day was deepening into twilight, but the waning light sufficed to show the features of the occupants.

Such as still lingered shone with a changed and waning brightness, and began to faint in their stations.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to waning, such as: abating, ebbing, lessening, declinatory, and decrescent.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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