abate
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Richard Moody, chief economist at Regions Financial Corp., thinks Warsh could start to lay out the case for a resumption of interest-rate cuts once inflation pressures have begun to abate.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 14, 2026
Fed officials would typically look through this oil shock because, presumably, when the latest conflict in the Middle East subsides, the inflationary surge will abate as well.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
“The tightness in the jet fuel market is not likely to abate any time soon,” Shaw said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
They accused the oil companies of creating a public nuisance by altering the environment and leaving the county to pay to abate growing hazards such as the flooding that tests roads and bridges.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026
It was bitter cold when we arrived, and the wind did not abate.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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“This year, investors have been more sensitive to Shopify’s cost management and margin dilution, and we believe today’s print largely abates those concerns, and establishes an upward trajectory for FCF margins going forward,” Shao wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
“If the conflict abates by Monday sundown, coinciding with the start of the Jewish holiday Purim, the oil price spike could prove short-lived,” Kaneva wrote.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
As the drama reaches catharsis, the rain abates and the skies clear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Then, in the depths of a recession, debts are settled, panic abates, green shoots appear, and banks begin lending more easily again — fueling a recovery that enables a new upswing.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
“All alike say ‘Have no convention at this crisis!’...‘Wait until the war excitement abates.’
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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“We were rightly skeptical about this so-called Sell America trade. As tariff concerns eased and recession fears abated, the debasement narrative lost momentum,” Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, said in commentary shared with MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
But when the truce was announced last week and the fighting largely abated, it triggered a trickle of returnees on Wednesday; not much, but “enough to hold a ceremony,” Sadeq said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
It said in a statement to BBC Verify that it was now switching to a system of "managed distribution" and would share selected images "on a one-off basis until the security risk has abated".
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
A note from Oxford Economics pointed to improving dynamics in March after winter storms abated.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
The storm had abated; I was facedown, almost totally buried in sand.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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And so-called core prices, which exclude the volatile food and energy categories, rose by 0.2% in July from the previous month, a relatively modest increase offering hope that broader price pressures could be abating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The Danish drugmaker said annual sales and operating profit should fall less than it previously expected as demand for weight-loss drugs shows no sign of abating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
While the wildfires show no sign of abating soon, the UK Foreign Office is currently not advising against travel to France or Spain.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
But one of the most recent — the energy shock driven by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz during the conflict in the Middle East — is hopefully showing signs of abating.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
He saw that he had a donor he could trust, maybe a WL who could be educated about the real challenges of abating poverty.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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