fade away
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HP’s woes in the competitive computing market did not fade away, and Fiorina was pushed out in 2005.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
Yet that doesn’t mean the resilience among consumers that has been powering the economy and financial markets is going to fade away.
From Barron's • Dec. 6, 2025
The album has too much happening to function as ambient or environmental music—though loops are plentiful, there’s a consistent sense of development through these constructions, as elements are born, bloom and fade away.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025
Instead, the sequence feels true to the holiday season’s bittersweetness and how nice it can be to let the sound of the ticking clock fade away, if only for a few cold days each year.
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2025
Does she think all this might fade away if she does not look at it?
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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