as in old
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as in decreasing
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
viewers' interest in the reality show eventually palled
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palling
Adjective
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My father, Mila’s grandfather, after whom she is named, was five years old at the time.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025 -
Desk calendar Your old phone can be repurposed as your personal calendar.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Encountering one requires a deliberate journey into the arid interior of Australia — a habitat as remote as the species itself.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Global lithium demand, which is expected to grow by 40 times by 2040, could outpace the limited annual rain that supplies freshwater to the arid Lithium Triangle.—
Nidhi Sharma,
NBC news,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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However, as the FOMC has cut interest rates since last summer, that risk though material today, is diminishing.—
Simon Moore,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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The impact of diminishing water resources will not only impact drinking water but also sanitation and hygiene, hydroelectricity, crop growth and food supply.—
Dan Lambe,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The battles are limited in number, and yet hinder the sense of progression considerably with their tiresome nature and frantic attack animations.—
Sarah Thwaites,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2025
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While the first half of the film proves engaging enough, the remainder grows tiresome as the Rohirrim take refuge, and Wulf — who’s handsome as drawn, but irredeemably ruthless — tries to force his way in.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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With businesses and consumers alike weary about the safety of AI moving forward, where does this leave them?—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The second, that it was named after a maiden who showed some weary legionnaires the way to the mountain spring.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Governor of Smolensk Region claims that all drones were successfully shot down, and the fire was caused by falling debris.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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Clearly, this only constitutes a small blip as things stand and hardly a sign everything is falling apart.—
Simon Johnson,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Of course, going from shows to pickleball classes to after-hours jam sessions at B.B. King’s Blues Club can be tiring.—
DeMarco Williams,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Sanchez added a selfie from bed, sharing how tiring her pregnancy is.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But the film never achieves the heights of the classic actioners that clearly inspired it, and its overuse of familiar genre tropes (for once, can’t the main villain be uncharismatic, like so many in real life?) soon becomes wearisome.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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Plus, a tiny bathroom with a lukewarm shower and scratchy towels can make even the best hotels feel wearisome rather than wonderful.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Palling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palling. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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