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fading

ADJECTIVE
declining
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Tech stocks are surging, driving the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite to fresh record highs amid a Middle East cease-fire and fading AI fears.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“We would be fading energy stocks here with a focus on refiners over E&P and services,” said Wilson and the team.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Surrounding it is a larger region of older, fading plasma left behind by earlier eruptions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

The account was confirmed by a senior Pakistani official source who said that China "stepped in and convinced Iran" just as hopes were fading.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

I caught a whiff of her fading lavender perfume and the fried rice from dinner.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas