Synonyms for WANE
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1. wane

   Synonyms:
   fade, pale, decrease, diminish, decline, fail, sink, ebb, deteriorate, recede, pine, droop, attenuate, contract

   Antonyms:
   brighten, increase, improve, mend, advance, rally, develop, recover, expand

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1. ebb, ebbing, waneverb

   a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

   Synonyms:
   ebbing, reflux, ebb, wane

   Antonyms:
   wax, climb, rise, mount, full

2. decline, go down, waneverb

   grow smaller

   "Interest in the project waned"

   Synonyms:
   reject, go down, come down, set, refuse, go under, settle, correct, sink, pass up, descend, fall, worsen, crash, decline, wane, slump, turn down

   Antonyms:
   wax, rise, full, climb, mount

3. waneverb

   become smaller

   "Interest in his novels waned"

   Synonyms:
   go down, decline

   Antonyms:
   mount, full, rise, wax, climb

4. waneverb

   decrease in phase

   "the moon is waning"

   Synonyms:
   go down, decline

   Antonyms:
   full, wax, climb, rise, mount

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1. • Decrease

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1. waneverb

   Synonyms:
   decrease, diminish, grow less

2. waneverb

   Synonyms:
   decline, fail, sink

3. wanenoun

   Synonyms:
   diminution, decrease, lessening, abatement

4. wanenoun

   Synonyms:
   decline, declension, decay, failure, falling off

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1. wanenoun

   Synonyms:
   decrease, diminution, decrescence

2. waneverb

   Synonyms:
   decrease, diminish, fade

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1. Jack Kent at IHS Technology:

   There comes a time when all games wane in popularity, but Supercell's audience will certainly give them scale to build on when that happens.

2. William Schaffner:

   They've been studied and we know that after you had a cold, you develop antibodies to that particular human strain of coronavirus and you will be protected, but it turns out the protection begins to wane after about a year.

3. Edwin Kite:

   You would expect them to wane gradually over time, but that's not what we see, the wettest day of the year is still very wet.

4. Peter Marks:

   There are various real-world evidence that are emerging here that suggest that the vaccine is still effective against the Delta variant, data coming out of Israel seems to suggest that with time, immunity from the vaccine does tend to wane, and so that's something we'll be following closely.

5. Seiya Nakajima:

   It's getting clearer that Abenomics is a paper tiger, the impact of monetary easing is similar to currency intervention. The first time they do it, there's a huge impact. But as they repeat it, the impact will wane.