as in to decrease
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
tourism along the coast phases down after Labor Day
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Recent Examples of phase down
The Italian was brought in to replace Marwood, who retained decision-making power but gradually phased down his role.
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Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
The tariff on Scotch whisky, a major U.K. export, will be cut from a staggering 150% to 75% on the first day of the agreement and will be phased down to 40% over the next decade.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 31 July 2025
Second, the way the new credit rate phases down for taxpayers, the income threshold to receive the lowest 20% credit has jumped to $206,000 for a married couple filing jointly and $103,000 for individuals from pre-OBBB income levels of $86,000 and $43,000, respectively.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 18 July 2025
The deduction only applies to cars made in the U.S. and the maximum deduction phases down when income surpasses $100,000.
—Rob Nikolewski, Mercury News, 9 July 2025
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Newsom claims homelessness decline Newsom during his final State of the State address Thursday claimed the state’s homeless population decreased last year.—
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Meanwhile, the number of job openings have decreased nearly 10% on the year to 729,000 in the September to November period from a year ago, the ONS found.—
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Still seething after a sloppy 19-16 loss to the Detroit Lions, Johnson wasn’t hiding his dissatisfaction with a defeat that seemed to diminish his team’s momentum.—
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Kaufman moved there 30 years ago, and since that time the island’s community has diminished by degrees, its youth lured away by better employment prospects in Provo and overseas.—
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Mariners traversing the bar are urged to exercise extreme caution or stay in port until the threat subsides.—
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These findings have prompted the development of interventions designed to create time and space between an individual’s suicidal impulse and access to firearms, allowing acute urges to subside.—
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The Panthers will look to establish their run game to ease pressure on Bryce Young.—
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The review also supports earlier findings that gum chewing can ease stress, but only in certain situations.—
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The 1971 Vikings were the other team, and Minnesota wound up falling at home to Dallas in its initial playoff contest.—
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In witness footage shared by the police, the paraglider is seen falling from the sky with a faulty parachute and spiraling quickly towards the waters below, before smashing into the ocean in front of horrified beachgoers.—
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Things tapered off, though in 2016, Pittsburgh was one win from reaching another Super Bowl.—
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The threat gradually tapers off later Friday as the system moves east and winds slowly diminish.—
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Trey Rose, 27, who was also arrested, met Samson Nacua at another location and got in the car, also not knowing the car belonged to someone else, according to a sheriff’s detective who declined to be named.—
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On Wednesday, a federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order to halt the operations.—
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Video of the moment posted on TikTok showed Malone raising his cup and leaning over, as the edge of the stage fell away during the Arizona show.—
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Shorter wavelengths fall away and reds and oranges remain.—
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“Phase down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phase%20down. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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