abatement
Example Sentences
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If someone hasn’t paid a penalty yet, they could say they were owed an abatement to reduce or eliminate the penalty.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Mediation tends to produce short-term crisis abatement at the cost of long-term stability because agreements reached under third-party pressure often fail to resolve the underlying conditions responsible for conflict in the first place.
From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026
“The Division hopes to work with the Sheriff’s Department on abatement and help keep all remaining Arson and Explosives employees safe.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
City officials even offered the warehouse owner, Dalfen Industrial, 10 years’ worth of tax abatement, totaling about $20 million, if they agreed not to sell their warehouse to DHS.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026
The morrow produced no abatement of Mrs. Bennet’s ill-humour or ill health.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing abatement
Twelfth Night
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Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
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The Bluest Eye
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