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Example sentences for: receded

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As the empire receded, colonized populations from North and Central Africa, Indochina, and elsewhere began to move to France and alter the French identity once more.
Lewinsky testified six months later, but by then anger toward the president had receded.
The best available FBI numbers--none of which are much good--suggest that drug crime has neither surged nor receded during the past three years.
Over the past few years, education has receded as a subject of national concern.
And, while the idealism and vision of a new world remained part of our mantra, its place of honor receded, as legal services became business as usual for many grantees.