as in decreased
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
as the noise of the siren subsided, I was able to fall back to sleep
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Recent Examples of subsided
In the two weeks since the Justice Department failed to fully meet a legal deadline to release its expansive tranche of files on Jeffrey Epstein, old conspiracy theories about his life and death have subsided and new ones have taken shape.
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Stephen Fowler, NPR, 2 Jan. 2026
As entheogenic effects subsided, the digital-age healer pulled out her iPhone and showed me photos from her recent trip home.
—María Cristina Lalonde, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Between Bardot and Audrey Hepburn, the rage for youth in female sexuality became entrenched in movies — and all media — and has never subsided.
—Richard Natale, Variety, 28 Dec. 2025
Headwinds regarding Alphabet’s DOJ case have also largely subsided.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 28 Dec. 2025
The lead paint crisis is pretty much over, and the stream of bad news about the meltdown of the finance department has subsided.
—Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Over the following months, the swelling had subsided, healing progressed, and the blood supply had stabilized.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
While fighting in the Gaza Strip has subsided considerably since a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect 10 weeks ago, there has been a spike in violence in the West Bank as Israel’s government has continued to approve new Jewish settlements in the territory.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 22 Dec. 2025
The grumbling about Brendel has subsided.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsided
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Content licensing revenues decreased 27% to $59 million primarily due to the timing and availability of deliveries in the period.—
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The median sale price for detached homes remained flat at $650,000, while attached homes decreased by 3% to $388,220.—
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Davie’s successor will inherit an organization wrestling with its place in a media ecosystem dominated by overseas tech giants, as well as battling enemies closer to home, with conservative politicians and media proprietors wishing to see the BBC diminished during charter renewal.—
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The war diminished Iran’s deterrence capability and exposed the regime’s weakness.—
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The at-bats were brief and uneventful, the opposite of the approach that carried Toronto to this stage and felled Snell in Game 1.—
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That says a lot about the 2025 Red Sox, who were a top offensive team in many metrics, but were also felled by their bats in crucial spots throughout the year and postseason.—
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The France midfielder signed from Lyon in the summer has been eased into his Premier League career after a two-month injury layoff, with Guardiola using him mostly as an impact substitute since returning to action in mid-October.—
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While spontaneous mentions of high prices increased for a fifth month, inflation expectations eased over the longer term.—
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China’s 10-year government bond yields edged up, as demand for safety assets ebbed following the positive results of trade talks.—
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But positivity since then has ebbed, due to Nuno’s fixation on experimenting with his starting XI.—
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Specialized districts, from meatpacking to printing, didn’t disappear because demand vanished.—
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Prices of basic goods like cooking oil and chicken dramatically spiked overnight, and some products vanished all together.—
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Since the mandate, neural tube defects have dramatically declined in almost every single ethnic population except for Latinos, according to Jaffery.—
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Wiener declined to answer the question in either direction.—
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The collapse of social and search traffic has shrunk its audiences, particularly at Business Insider, which has long relied on clicks.—
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The move blew a roughly billion-dollar hole in the organization's budget, and the fund to pay for shipments shrank.—
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“Subsided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsided. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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