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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of wane.

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Examples

  • But as his term waned, von Spakovsky became a poster boy for the blatant politicization of the federal agencies in charge of protecting voters 'rights.

    The Brennan Center for Justice: Good Tidings for the F.E.C. 2008

  • But she told us that this very moon is a new tribe come into the Dale, six long hundreds in number, and twice as many more are looked for in two eights of days, and that ere this moon hath waned, that is, in twenty-four days, they will wend their ways straight for Burgdale, for they know the ways thereto.

    The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale William Morris 1865

  • Osborne said the nostalgia he felt for the days Nebraska played Oklahoma for league titles waned years ago.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2010

  • The popularity of the idea waned in the early 2000s following disappointing results in clinical trials of two anti-angiogenic compounds, angiostatin and endostatin, that were discovered in Folkman's lab.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • The flaw with this reasoning is that the Eastern District of Virginia, and later Wisconsin, eventually "waned" because the judges in those districts followed the venue laws and routinely granted 1404a motions to transfer where neither side had any connection to the forum.

    Ex-PTO Commisioners Weigh in on Patent Reform Peter Zura 2008

  • We know that Hamid Karzai, the president's popularity has kind of waned in recent months.

    CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2008 2008

  • ANDERSON: ... my interest has kind of waned over the years, I will say that.

    CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2007 2007

  • Where there has been no progress is on the political side and America's ability to influence political progress in Iraq has actually waned which is ironic because despite having more soldiers in the line of fire in Iraq, President Bush actually has less control over the political events taking place in Baghdad.

    CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2007 2007

  • Where there has been no progress is on the political side and America's ability to influence political progress in Iraq has actually waned which is ironic because despite having more soldiers in the line of fire in Iraq, President Bush actually has less control over the political events taking place in Baghdad.

    CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2007 2007

  • WHITFIELD: And after the search had kind of waned involving some of the police authorities, the friends and family members were determined to conduct their own kind of search.

    CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2004 2004

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