The receding glaciers of the last ice age. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used without object), : a chin that recedes. From Dictionary.com.
There's just a long list of phone calls receding to infinity. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
(By the way, the water is receding from the back garden now - it's gone down at least 4 inches from the photos.). From Wordnik.com. [A watery day] Reference
However, in her representation, she observes that such inclinations are quickly receding from the business landscape. From Wordnik.com. [The Cultural Contexts Of Mexican Business Dealings] Reference
William's chin is what is called receding, just the sort of chin a beard looks well on. From Wordnik.com. [Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow] Reference
Many are simply receding, which is different than melting, some are advancing, some are stable. From Wordnik.com. [Does Hansen's Error "Matter"? « Climate Audit] Reference
Many are simply receding, which is different than melting, some are advancing, some are stable. From Wordnik.com. [Does Hansen's Error "Matter"? « Climate Audit] Reference
In Cedar Rapids, the floodwater is receding, that is good news, after forcing more than 24,000 people out of their homes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2008] Reference
The same title receding into a field of stars. From Wordnik.com. [Editorial: A Clone Too Far | Obsessed With Film] Reference
But what about those polls, the ones that show Iraq "receding" as an issue?. From Wordnik.com. [So the War Isn't Gonna Be an Issue, eh?] Reference
There maybe good evidence of climate change, such as receding glaciers and polar icecaps. From Wordnik.com. Reference
\tab He plucked hairs from his "receding" hairline-damn it, it was getting harder and harder to age enough each year!. From Wordnik.com. [Time Enough For Love]
The prospects for a verdict, any verdict, keep receding. From Wordnik.com. [Handle This Box Of Dynamite Very Carefully] Reference
The cold war is long over, the Soviet Union a receding memory. From Wordnik.com. [‘The Cold War Is Long Over’] Reference
We're seeing the shore ice getting thinner and receding earlier. From Wordnik.com. [The Energy Conundrum] Reference
Prospects for a two-state solution, meanwhile, are only receding. From Wordnik.com. [A Chanukah Miracle?] Reference
In fact, over the past few months, the wider world has been receding. From Wordnik.com. [Musharraf’s Last Stand] Reference
The river was expected to reach a second crest Friday before receding. From Wordnik.com. [Iowans Running Out Of Drinking Water After Flooding] Reference
The wave swept over him and pushed him under for several seconds before receding. From Wordnik.com. [Dark After The Storm] Reference
In Swiss alpine valleys, farms have been receding and forests are growing back in. From Wordnik.com. [INTO THE WOODS] Reference
Above, receding forest cover near a company plantation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. From Wordnik.com. [Palm Oil Firm Rebuts Greenpeace Claim] Reference
There was no apparent risk for those with the receding hairlines etched by frontal baldness. From Wordnik.com. [A Really Bad Hair Day] Reference
But now yearbooks are receding from the cultural mainstream — at least at the college level. From Wordnik.com. [Turning the Page on Tradition] Reference
While the flood of litigation is receding, it likely will be years before many cases get resolved. From Wordnik.com. [Crisis-Related Lawsuits Show a Decline] Reference
His hair is graying and receding, his face etched with the rigors of five wars and a decade in power. From Wordnik.com. [I Did It My Way] Reference
His hair's pink rather than red, and it's receding in a way he's trying to be confident about and own. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty Is Only Skin Deep] Reference
The housing collapse, higher oil prices (now receding), job losses and sagging stocks have battered confidence. From Wordnik.com. [Good Times Breed Bad Times] Reference
They measured how fast the stars are receding and calculated from their apparent brightness how far away they are. From Wordnik.com. [Disturbing The Universe] Reference
For what it's worth, Hollywood seems to be rooting for De Luca again, and his bad-boy reputation is clearly receding. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood's Bad Boy Makes Good] Reference
Thanks to global warming and deforestation, the millennial snowcap that was said to cover King Solomon's tomb is receding. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts] Reference
It turns out that 40 supernovas, 5 billion to 7 billion light-years away, are receding much more slowly than nearby stars. From Wordnik.com. [Disturbing The Universe] Reference
The American flag doesn't stitch the country together as tightly as it did last fall, its use as bandage and balm receding. From Wordnik.com. [Six Months On, The Fog Of War] Reference
Though 6 feet 2 and 195 pounds, Keller, with his wire rims and receding hairline, looks more scholar than athlete off the field. From Wordnik.com. [Taking On The World] Reference
He suggests that the weak economy or the receding of the Persian Gulf crisis or disgust with Congress have brought him to the fore. From Wordnik.com. [The Cuomo Dilemma] Reference
Each group became set in its view of how to measure distances to galaxies and stars, and how to measure the speed of a receding galaxy. From Wordnik.com. [The Science Wars] Reference
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