fading
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It’s McKellen reveling in a great role: charmingly funny but also bittersweet in the film’s examination of how fading fame can calcify one’s soul.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
The media fascination with “tradwives” may be fading, but as a social media phenomenon, it’s still going strong.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
It’s not just the Fed fading the conflict’s repercussions.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
Treasury yields rose across the curve in Asian trade as oil prices increased, with investor optimism about an end to the Middle East conflict in the near term fading again.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
In effect, the fading revolutionary ideology and the growing racial demography were converging to close off the political options.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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