as in retrogressing
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as in subsiding
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
the sound of sirens receded as the fire engines roared off into the distance
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as in retreating
to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)
after the rain stops, the floodwaters should gradually recede
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Recent Examples of receding
Todd Boss, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
As a result, Breed said, crime is receding.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
Both were sailors, and both (as Buffett joked in a recent tribute to Taylor) dealt with early fame, receding hairlines and getting healthy in later life.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
Visible just after sunset for the last week from the northern hemisphere — and now receding from Earth along its orbital path — comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (also called C/2023 A3 and Comet A3) became the brightest comet for over a decade.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Traits such as a receding chin, strongly projecting snout, low and sloping forehead, and very small brain size placed Lucy in the genus Australopithecus.
—Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
The Florida Division of Emergency Management, in a social media post, warned residents as the storm approached not to walk out into receding water because the water would return and pose a risk to life.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
Florida Division of Emergency Management officials warned residents not to walk out into receding water.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
The receding ice left behind a beautiful landscape and highly fertile farmland that flourishes in the fall.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
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Streaming exposure was receding, prize money was being cut, and often times divisions were being eliminated.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
As a result, Breed said, crime is receding.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
Both were sailors, and both (as Buffett joked in a recent tribute to Taylor) dealt with early fame, receding hairlines and getting healthy in later life.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
Visible just after sunset for the last week from the northern hemisphere — and now receding from Earth along its orbital path — comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (also called C/2023 A3 and Comet A3) became the brightest comet for over a decade.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Traits such as a receding chin, strongly projecting snout, low and sloping forehead, and very small brain size placed Lucy in the genus Australopithecus.
—Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
The Florida Division of Emergency Management, in a social media post, warned residents as the storm approached not to walk out into receding water because the water would return and pose a risk to life.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
Florida Division of Emergency Management officials warned residents not to walk out into receding water.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
The receding ice left behind a beautiful landscape and highly fertile farmland that flourishes in the fall.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for receding
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Baldwin has regrown the beard and put on a new set of western clothes — the originals are still in evidence — to make a movie that is now being filmed in front of a pack of paparazzi snapping shots of Baldwin getting dragged up to a gallows for an onscreen hanging.Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 July 2024
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Many of the ghostly tales stem from claims of tragic deaths like drownings, hangings, murders and freak accidents.Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 27 Oct. 2024
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If using a fountain pen or retreating to a mountain house can make the cognitive load of producing text even somewhat more bearable, writers will consider it.Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
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If Tehran opts not to retaliate, though, Iran will look weak and appear to be retreating from Israel.Dan De Luce, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
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The footage captured a figure in a ski mask hiding in the shadows as an unsuspecting woman arrives at the bank and goes about withdrawing money from the ATM.Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Republicans countered that move by withdrawing their agreement to have the meeting.Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Oct. 2024
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AbbVie’s revenue decline can be attributed to the loss of market exclusivity for its top-selling drug – Humira.Trefis Team, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Through September this year, Ford's sales in Europe fell 17.9%, far outstripping an industrywide decline of 6.1%.Nick Carey, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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Simultaneously, her greener-than-green sous chef Lucia (Barbie Ferreira) — another hire by Andreas — flirts up a storm with their financer and starts testing her new boss’s rapidly diminishing patience.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2024
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Chief among them is the war in Ukraine, where Moscow is intent on diminishing popular support among Americans for Ukrainian independence.Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
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Mainland investors continued to buy dips in Hong Kong.Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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The ratings dip comes amid rising uncertainty at MSNBC, which is part of a pack of cable networks set to be separated from NBCUniversal under a spinoff plan revealed earlier this week by corporate parent Comcast.Brian Steinberg, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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Red and declinations to rust and burgundy at Ferragamo and Bottega Veneta.WWD, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Thomas said the sheriff's office presented the case to the district attorney's office for declination purposes only because of Suff's prior convictions and death sentence.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
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Though prices for Rolex sports watches keep falling, the smaller Rolex Day-Date has shot up in value—a full 57 percent in Auguest, according to the watch market tracker Everywatch.Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
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Even in a more benign scenario, its researchers also see Israel’s gross domestic product per head — which in recent years overtook the United Kingdom’s — falling this year, as Israel’s population grows faster than the economy and living standards decline.Hanna Ziady, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Receding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/receding. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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