drain (away)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drain (away)
Verb
  • Narcotics Use Use of narcotics other than heroin (including Vicodin, OxyContin, and Percocet) among 12th graders decreased to an all-time low of 0.6 percent in 2024, down from a peak of 9.5 percent in 2004.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Key Facts Shares of Trump Media decreased to just over $33 as trading opened Friday, lowering the value of Trump’s stake from $4 billion on Thursday to just over $3.8 billion.
    Ty Roush, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The Yankees’ decision to go with Goldschmidt on a one-year contract is not without risk given his age and diminishing skills.
    Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The district is set to ask the Metro Council for use of $12 million surplus funds to partially offset the diminishing pandemic money.
    Maria Leontaras, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Monthly inflation subsided in November after showing little improvement in recent months.
    Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
  • With the help of psychologists, the symptoms, luckily, subsided.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In any case, a company with declining revenues, earnings and free cash flow may not even be able to sustain its current dividend, let alone grow it to keep pace with future inflation.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Last year marked the seventh consecutive year of declining births, despite the relaxation of China's one-child policy to allow two children in 2016 and three in 2021.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • By the time the precipitation tapered off in the late morning, some 2 inches of snow had fallen in many parts of the city, including Central Park, according to the National Weather Service.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • This is especially true for NAND sold into consumer applications such as smart phones, where demand has tapered off.
    Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Herbert escaped the pocket to his left and slung a pass while falling away as defenders bore down.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Slowly, too, his naivety and theological rigidity began to fall away.
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • By Tuesday, an additional 1 to 3 inches of snow could fall across parts of the Upper Midwest and Northeast, with some higher elevations, including northern New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, seeing up to 12 inches.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Total passenger car sales in Thailand fell 23% through September compared to the same period last year.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Drain (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drain%20%28away%29. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.

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