Example Sentences

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Services prices increased at a slightly slower pace following three straight months of faster rises, indicating some key price pressures in the currency area are dissipating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Now that we know their surface temperatures, we can start to do some complicated mathematical modeling to work out exactly how much heat they are dissipating and how that relates to the environmental temperature.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2023

"There were also signs that the dominant themes of the pandemic - supply constraints and then exceptionally high price pressures - are dissipating," he added.

From Reuters • Jan. 2, 2023

The thing the direct response advertisers loved about the space — the baked-in, host-read ads that lived on forever as testimonials — are dissipating, at least at the space’s highest levels.

From The Verge • Dec. 14, 2021

And even though some of the strong winds that fanned the Dixie fire earlier this week are dissipating, officials said other factors like heat and dryness will continue to pose challenges.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2021