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taper

verb as in decrease

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However, the publication is already seeing some of that taper off.

From Digiday

One of the most vexing problems for athletes is figuring out how to time their heat adaptation prior to a competition, without messing up their taper, their travel plans, and perhaps their final stint of altitude training.

This microphone is fine-tuned to capture spoken word and voice at a production-level standard, and it exhibits a high presence bump in the upper midrange with a gradual downward taper until its response drops significantly at the low end.

The Federal Reserve surprised the market Wednesday with new hints about its timeline for a rate liftoff — and an acknowledgment of taper talk.

From Axios

Thanks to a smart blend of rocker, taper, sidecut, and new materials, modern all-mountain skis are stable but lively, surfy but powerful, and dynamic but not demanding.

After that time, it is my hope that things will taper off a bit.

In January, the Fed will start to scale back—taper—its bond purchases, from $85 billion per month to $75 billion.

Gabrielle Taper, 19, sat next to her two teenage friends and nibbled on crawfish and Andouille, a type of sausage made from pork.

Markets would have to defend against the possibility of a strong report reigniting October taper expectations.

This is the dreaded “taper” that has lately given stock markets nausea.

She blushed and declined, and, with the refusal on her very lips, fished it out with her taper fingers.

Then the porter lifted a taper, and, followed by the young lad, began to make the tour of the church.

I suppose it to have been large, for, with the help of the feeble taper, I could scarcely distinguish the walls.

I then desired my young companions to follow, and giving one taper with little ceremony to the abbess, said to her, 'Forward!'

One by one the delicate candle flames sprang from the taper and a soft light illumined the pale rich chamber.

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On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to taper, such as: abate, dwindle, lessen, recede, subside, and taper/taper off.

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

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