ease out
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The dollar/yen pair rose 0.1% to 150.52, after data showed Japan's economy contracted in July-September, complicating the central bank's efforts to ease out of its ultra-easy monetary policy.
From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2023
It was a way to ease out of one day and into the next in the spaces that I would have been chatting with my partner Chris.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
“If this week goes well then hopefully, I’m not in it anymore. They want you to ease out of it.”
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022
“That’s always been the plan, to ease out rather than fling open the doors,” she said.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2021
Tressa smiles like a cat watching a mouse ease out of its hole.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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