has been waning
- present perfect progressive of wane (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Nationwide, support for the death penalty has been waning for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
But the tech industry’s stability has been waning for the last four years, and significantly trailed the rest of the U.S. labor market.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Snapchat’s user growth worldwide has been climbing, fueled by India and Pakistan, but investor confidence in the company has been waning as it loses money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
California oil production has been waning since the 1980s and has more recently been pinched by the push for cleaner forms of energy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
It is many years since England has done aught in earnest, and during all that time her power in France has been waning.
From At Agincourt by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
