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at this time of the year, light begins to taper off a little earlier each day
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Downdetector, a website that tracks outages, showed customers reporting outages at about 9 a.m., and by about 11 a.m., the number of customers spiked to more than 100,000, although that number had been tapering off, and by 5 p.m. was getting close to 20,000.
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Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2024
As the stock declined, however, volume tapered off, suggesting the aggressive selling was beginning to dry up.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Russia’s turn-of-the-century prosperity had tapered off with the 2008 financial crisis and falling oil revenue.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
For tea drinkers, cardiometabolic risk decreased the most for those who drank up to three cups daily, but the benefits tapered off after that.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
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Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2024
As the stock declined, however, volume tapered off, suggesting the aggressive selling was beginning to dry up.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Russia’s turn-of-the-century prosperity had tapered off with the 2008 financial crisis and falling oil revenue.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
For tea drinkers, cardiometabolic risk decreased the most for those who drank up to three cups daily, but the benefits tapered off after that.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Taper off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taper%20off. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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