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

   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, 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. 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. Emory University:

   Whereas a vaccine response, you may have all individuals that got the vaccine have high antibodies and sort of wane over time. ... With infection, it's remarkably heterogeneous. You'll have lots of individuals that have very low and individuals that have very high antibody responses.

2. Paul Hunter:

   If the requirement on infected individuals to isolate at home is lifted as indicated, it will be an experiment which will either be shown to be very brave or very stupid, but nobody knows for sure what the result will be, omicron may be on the wane in Europe but other parts of Our World in Data are still in the full flush of a surge in infections. In such circumstances, as we have seen before, the virus is in the best possible position to mutate again, and there is absolutely no certainty that any new variant would be less dangerous.

3. Doug Brown:

   This is positive news as it shows that just one dose of this vaccine generates good levels of immunity and that this protection does not seem to wane in the shorter term, in immunology terms, this finding is not unexpected as we know that some other vaccines confer better immunity when the doses are more spread out. Although further information is required to confirm these findings for older age groups, overall this new research should provide reassurance around the UK's decision to offer the two doses of this vaccine 12 weeks apart.

4. Joel Kan:

   Investors are contemplating the risks of the recent resurgence of Covid-19 cases to the labor market and economy, and Treasury rates and mortgage rates are moving lower as a result, the weakening in activity is potentially a signal that pent-up demand is starting to wane and that low housing supply is limiting prospective buyers' options.

5. Joel Kan:

   The weakening in activity is potentially a signal that pent-up demand is starting to wane and that low housing supply is limiting prospective buyers' options.