fading

/ ˈfeɪdɪŋ /

noun

1. a variation in the strength of received radio signals due to variations in the conditions of the transmission medium

Example Sentences

Still, rate cuts can’t address structural issues, such as Thailand’s fading export competitiveness and lower tourism, the deputy governor said.

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But he does an excellent job of squaring the fading man before his eyes—the soppy grandparent and proud father—with the “shadowy, mysterious, sometimes frightening, often absent” stock figure from his youth.

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Even Djokovic, who has a sturdy case as the tennis GOAT, acknowledges he’s fading in the rear view.

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Then all that remains are the fading memories of golden ages—and the broken shards of discarded amphorae.

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With war memories fading eight decades after Japan’s surrender in 1945, Beijing has found ways to update an old formula.

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Related Words

• dying 
• hazy