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 The location opened Monday, welcoming a consistent rush of customers into the space, even as the afternoon waned and crept into the neither-lunch-nor-dinner hours. — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 Prior to 2026, Moderna shares had spent years under pressure as demand waned for its Covid-19 vaccine. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 The state’s film industry has waxed and waned through the years, facing competition from nearby states and funding shifts. — Eva Flowe august 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026 The effectiveness of that duo waned last campaign under Kris Knoblauch, to the point where the pain affecting the rest of the forward group wasn’t worth it. — Janson Duench, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Staff believed Boeing's standards and quality control declined Barnett, who maintains a presence in the documentary through audio recordings and video from his deposition, says Boeing’s recruiting standards waned. — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 And my discomfort and exhaustion and stink and hunger and homesickness rarely waned, for more than five months. — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026 But the team struggled, his efficiency waned and fans turned on him. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 His flowering is optimal for someone who hosts a show called The Reluctant Traveler, and Levy and director David Brindley both agree that the comedian’s hesitations have waned — at least a little. — Matthew Jacobs, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waned
  1. decreased
  2. subsided
  3. diminished
  4. fell
  5. vanished
  6. ebbed
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  • In some cases, LinkedIn says views of content classified as AI spam have decreased by as much as 40 percent.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Travel data shows the average group size for trips has decreased since COVID-19 began.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of decreased
Verb
  • Though impending rainstorms are likely to make rescue operations more difficult, officials say a previous threat from a lake that had formed on the border between Nepal and Tibet has substantially subsided.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Opinion ​polls gave the king firm backing to stay on for life, however, and the criticism subsided.
    — Terje Solsvik, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of subsided
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  • Inside one, the individual is both multiplied and diminished.
    — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The persuasiveness of these efforts, however, is diminished when a WRO is modified without transparency and despite readily accessible evidence indicating that conditions for the workers have not truly improved.
    — Charity Ryerson, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of diminished
Verb
  • Rincker, a German immigrant, was known for casting the bell that hung from the first Cook County Courthouse, which was felled by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Frightened that she may be plagued by the same mental illness that felled her mom, Gemma stubbornly refuses to believe anything is wrong.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of fell
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  • Joe’s problem is that his own assignment appears to have vanished somewhere inside the machinery of the system.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In the years since, Afghanistan has practically vanished from American foreign policy discussion.
    — Laurel Miller, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of vanished
Verb
  • As farming ebbed, the water stored in those reservoirs helped the area's cities and suburbs become one of the nation's fastest growing urban areas.
    — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
  • This is true if focusing on the standard price-to-earnings ratio, which has ebbed from 23 to 20 in the past 10 months.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of ebbed

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“Waned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waned. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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