wane
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- n a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- v grow smaller
Interest in the project waned - v become smaller
Interest in his novels waned - v decrease in phase
- The relationship was starting to wane anyhow.
- According to an increasing number of believers, Japan's days as an industrial powerhouse may well be on the wane, but its role as a global trendsetterin cutting-edge music, art .
- The influence of newspaper and magazine critics is on the wane.