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The phrase "a while to fade" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a duration of time it takes for something to diminish or disappear.
Example: "After the argument, it took a while to fade before we could talk to each other again."
Alternatives: "some time to disappear" or "a period to diminish".
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The frown takes a while to fade.
The attention when we got back took a while to fade.
Still, the sentimental image of the old dear who liked a flutter on the ponies, loved her tipple, waved away her overdraft and was good for a laugh will take a while - had already taken a while - to fade.
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Languages ebb and flow, some triumph for a while only to fade away.
They're the buildings, the skyscrapers, the various architectural structures that, after a while, begin to fade into the background.
It's always been common among nurses and paramedics: people who start out with a real horror of all the evil in the world and the determination to end it, but after a while something starts to fade, and they become cynical.
And, after a while, the stars seem to fade, at first very slowly.
After a while, the scene started to fade, and I became dimly conscious, once more, that I was in London, stoned, hallucinating Agincourt on the sleeve of my dressing gown.
It took a while for the shock to fade from their faces, but eventually they were rattling off suggestions as I scribbled them down.
When you don't see somebody for a while, your feelings begin to fade.
They are good for a while, they fade, they come back".
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