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fading

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noun

fading

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verb

present participle of fade
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Noun
  • Cooper last posted to social media to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday (January 15), just days before his passing.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The mother’s passing and the 2008 financial collapse contributed to the precariousness that’s put them in this predicament.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Similarly, bleaching with chemicals like permanganate or hypochlorite, which consumes substantial water, can be replaced by ozone bleaching using air, significantly reducing water usage and simplifying the drying process.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 5 Dec. 2024
  • To keep their golden color, sultanas are treated with sulfur dioxide, a bleaching preservative that prevents them from oxidizing (turning brown) and retains their quality and uniform color.
    Lauren O'Connor, MS, Health, 29 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Moffett also said artificial intelligence isn’t driving an upgrade cycle as hoped, noting that there is weakening demand in China along with antitrust concerns.
    Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
  • With high expectations for future new orders along with expanding current new orders, the outlooks for material handling and supply chain industries are positive, despite some weakening in the December MHI BAI report.
    Jason Schenker, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Based on the deterioration of the relationship, a trade — as soon as possible — would appear the preferred alternative, particularly with this latest two-game suspension to otherwise put Butler back in play for the Heat as soon as Monday night’s game against the Orlando Magic at Kaseya Center.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2025
  • For women, especially, working could, therefore, be dangerous for them physically and could lead to the deterioration of their health: a result that could adversely affect their roles as mothers and their subsequent responsibility to raise future generations, especially boys.
    Eva Epker, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The inquiry into their use came during a 2023 dispute between the city and the Crane Boulevard Safety Coalition, which stumbled on the disappearing messages after the city approved the construction of a home in Mount Washington.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Attorneys for the coalition learned about the disappearing messages through the lawsuit’s discovery process.
    Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The forecast came in the wake of its sudden dimming during 2023 after a decade of gradually brightening.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Trader stepped outside, into the brightening gray, and placed an FPV drone on a wooden stool resting on its side.
    C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The Republicans took control of Congress after their decisive victories that November, and the domestic agenda was moribund, replaced by a zeal for budget cutting.
    Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Sheed’s novel has warmth, too, and plenty of wisdom about finding meaning in life and how to face middle age among moribund institutions.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Sweat glands start releasing sweat if the temperature is too high to facilitate evaporation and heat loss.
    Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Dry fuel is much easier and quicker to ignite than wet fuel, since the fire needs to expend less energy on evaporation.
    Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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