as in to subside
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
in the course of the evening the storm steadily waned
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Recent Examples of wane
Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Dual shorthanded: As often is the case during the waning days of the regular season, both teams were shorthanded.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
Tobias Van Gils, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Any baseball fan should want to see Trout, 33, healthy again for an entire season before his prime wanes.
—Chris Branch, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Some Canadians fear the New Democratic Party’s waning influence could weaken the country’s core liberal pillars on issues from health care to immigration to climate change.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Dual shorthanded: As often is the case during the waning days of the regular season, both teams were shorthanded.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
Savvier investors are tuning out the noise, recognizing that while political narratives wax and wane, infrastructure and irreversible trends endure.
—Tobias Van Gils, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Any baseball fan should want to see Trout, 33, healthy again for an entire season before his prime wanes.
—Chris Branch, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wane
Verb
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The swelling in the area never subsided, prompting surgery to clean up bone spurs that had traveled dangerously close to his Achilles tendon.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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The rain, expected to begin late Sunday, will subside by Monday afternoon, but below-average temperatures will hang around all week, according to the National Weather Service.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Real Madrid will go into their Champions League quarter-final first leg away to Arsenal at their lowest ebb this season.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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The number of players in the organization who could thrive during their inexpensive entry-level deals is at a low ebb.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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As time went on, her pain diminished, but August decided to go to the emergency room.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The VMAs, which have seen their social capital diminish over the past few years, delivered a promising ceremony in 2024.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The exhibition community and studios alike have suffered some cruel blows, but for now the domestic marketplace seems to be settling in at around a 20% decline from 2019.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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Asian markets also closed higher Tuesday, staunching a decline fueled by Trump’s tariff rollout that has seen the biggest losses since the pandemic.—
Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,John Melloy,Ruxandra Iordache,Christina Wilkie,Erin Doherty,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Keeping those cuts on the books would decrease revenue by $4.5 trillion from 2025 through 2034, according to estimates from the Tax Foundation.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2025
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However, their wage bills only decreased by 28 per cent.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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To call it a sophomore slump is an oversimplification.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Financial markets often overreact, but this Trump slump is perfectly rational and explicable.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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However, that fight fell apart in early March, when a hand injury forced Whyte from the card.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Over the last 25 years, the S&P 500 has fallen 4% in a single day 38 times, according to Adam Turnquist, chief technical strategist for brokerage firm LPL Financial.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Revenue from the tariffs, estimated at $8 billion before remission, will be directed to Canadian auto workers and affected companies.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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While there is no cure for IBD, advances in medical treatments have helped patients improve symptoms, achieve long-term remission, and reduce the risk of complications.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Wane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wane. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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