waned

verb

past tense of wane
as in decreased
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually in the course of the evening the storm steadily waned

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Recent Examples of waned However, the brand’s initial dominance has gradually waned, according to insiders, as competing brands have encroached on Fenty Beauty’s market share. — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The treatment effect of AMT-130 seems to have waned from year three to four, for reasons that don’t alarm UniQure but that have raised some outside questions about the therapy’s durability. — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026 Fascination around Coppola’s stylish, sympathetic biopic of the Dauphine of France has hardly waned in the 20 years since its release. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026 The 90-year-old leader’s popularity at home and relevance abroad have both waned. — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 But huge differences remain between the superpowers on AI regulation, trade policy, and Taiwan’s security, and expectations of business deals have waned as Chinese CEOs are unlikely to be joining Xi on his trip. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Scientists are worried that in the absence of a major outbreak threatening the region, maintenance of the health systems has waned, leaving them unprepared for potential future epidemics. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 The shoe waned in popularity around 2020, but has since made a resurgance, rediscovered by footwear lovers everywhere. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 That group’s performance waned last season with Barkley’s, and the two are connected. — Zach Berman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waned
  1. decreased
  2. subsided
  3. diminished
  4. fell
  5. vanished
  6. ebbed
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  • This means any slowdown in the labor market could create a more serious consumption problem, with the same households facing slower income growth and decreased access to credit.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
  • And the number of young people who stayed on medication for six months — already quite low — may have actually decreased.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of decreased
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  • But as the initial euphoria of the rescue has subsided, officials have begun to raise difficult questions and trade accusations about the security blunders that could have led to a major disaster.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Questions about security failures But as the initial euphoria of the rescue has subsided, officials have begun to raise difficult questions and trade accusations about the security blunders that could have led to a major disaster.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of subsided
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  • That is quite far apart from the commercial industry, which actually stands to be diminished by these policy reforms.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 7 Oct. 2026
  • By raw numbers, net domestic out-migration of Californians to other states continues even as the California exodus overall has diminished in strength.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of diminished
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  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Vines are pulled away from fences, and sometimes trees are even felled.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of fell
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  • While most of the deals vanished at midnight, a few are still good, including price cuts on the latest MacBooks, killer productivity PCs, and more.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026
  • However, in the 7th century, this all vanished; the temples were abandoned and later looted, and Kea never again revived its trade or harbor settlements.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of vanished
Verb
  • The golden era of sports print journalism ebbed and began to die.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The new era of worker power that labor advocates proclaimed as the pandemic ebbed was something of a chimera.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of ebbed

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“Waned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waned. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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