drain (away)

verb

Definition of drain (away)next
as in to decrease
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually as the city lost population, its political influence drained away

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  1. decrease
  2. diminish
  3. subside
  4. decline
  5. taper off
  6. fall away
  7. fall
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  • Selling and marketing expenses decreased to $0.03 million from $0.23 million, primarily due to a decrease in sales revenue.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Two items better known for cleaning swimming pools and moisturizing dry skin might help protect the Earth’s corals and decrease antibiotic resistance and pollution in the ocean.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of decrease
Verb
  • But now, arrivals have diminished significantly, and officials closed the city’s last migrant shelter last month.
    Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Black Lives Matter is severely diminished as an institution.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of diminish
Verb
  • Storm surge, wind and rain should subside on the island Wednesday night as Rafael traverses the Gulf of Mexico.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Yes, but: The boom in business that the pandemic provided as consumers sought testing and vaccines subsided by 2023— pushing both Walgreens and CVS to make massive investments in primary care delivery to secure their future in health care.
    Claire Rychlewski, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of subside
Verb
  • County officials declined to comment on the reason for her absence, and said other staff is filling in.
    Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
  • On Monday, a judge declined to halt the cash prizes.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of decline
Verb
  • Increasing Daytime Movement Whitetail research shows that daytime movement gradually increases throughout summer and fall, peaks during the rut, and tapers off into the late season.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 24 Oct. 2024
  • For her monologue, Grande wore a magenta strapless dress complete with a corseted top and an extreme sweetheart neckline, which flared out into a voluminous tulip skirt that tapered off at her calves.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of taper off
Verb
  • And in that moment, all comparisons, to the Caribbean or anywhere else, fall away.
    Ann Abel, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Video shows stunning view of Earth from Falcon 9 The in-space video shows a group of Starlink satellites as two pieces of protective hardware, known as payload fairings, fall away from the Falcon 9 rocket that carried the payload to orbit.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of fall away
Verb
  • Valor recovered the ensuing onside kick and ran out the clock after that as Regis fell a win short of the quarterfinals for the second year in a row.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
  • That’s in part because Democrats fell short in their bid to flip enough battleground districts in Southern California and the Central Valley to help the national party win a majority.
    Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of fall
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