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Meanings of taper off in English

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Usage of taper off in English
1
But, eventually that increase would taper off should demand not be sustained.
Reuters
2
But, eventually that increase will taper off if demand is not sustained.
Reuters
3
She closed her eyes again and felt the quaking finally taper off.
Book Two: Descent
4
When it began to taper off, I looked up into Eric's eyes.
Living dead in dallas
5
They merely sustain the hope that easing won't taper off quickly.
Reuters
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The rain was expected to taper off on Tuesday, it said.
Reuters
7
He couldn't even raise the price of PG and goofballs to taper off.
Junky
8
This will brace you up, and, as I said, you must taper off.
Sleeping Fires: a Novel
9
Like all phase transitions, this one will eventually taper off too.
The Master Algorithm
10
And then as suddenly as the flood had begun, it started to taper off.
An impartial witness: a bess crawford mystery
11
Around, I don't know, 0400, it started to taper off.
World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
12
I'd told myself and Morgan Berkhardt that I would taper off or quit entirely.
Chump change: a novel
13
At last the spasms began to taper off to giggles.
The waste lands
14
Then why cannot the poor gradually taper off on dogs?
Remarks
15
Infections in the United States have begun to taper off, with hundreds of thousands infected.
Reuters
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At three-thirty on Friday the normal weekday hustle and bustle were beginning to taper off.
Deadly Décisions
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Taper off through the time
Taper off across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common