abatement
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This "indicates conditions for corals are worsening significantly... not at all surprising given the accelerated warming and lack of abatement of global drivers of coral decline", said Obura.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
A spokeswoman for Witkoff said that after being contacted by The Wall Street Journal, he paid the city nearly $78,000 for the years he wasn’t eligible for the abatement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Lauren Truslow is chief executive of 3D Enviro, a Virginia company that does hazardous materials abatement with a handful of workers affected by the TPS expiration for El Salvador.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Coulson said the animals are hard to train and deploy, and the U.S. government tightly regulates how many are licensed to go into nuisance-bird abatement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The morrow produced no abatement of Mrs. Bennet’s ill-humour or ill health.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
When cities reduce direct cash contributions, owners typically ask for something else, like favorable land deals at below-market prices, tax abatements, new highway ramps and infrastructure built at public expense, sanitation and security services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
In the 2025 fiscal year, the IRS granted first-time penalty abatements to nearly 220,000 taxpayers, Collins said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Water Street in lower Manhattan has been a popular area for the makeovers, earning it the nickname "Conversion Alley," with buildings offering a mix of luxury and affordably-priced apartments to qualify for municipal abatements.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
In 2001, Boeing moved its headquarters from Seattle, where it had been founded in 1916, to Chicago, prompted largely by tens of millions of dollars in tax abatements and other benefits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
The noblest of abatements serving as a difference between the eldest and the junior sons.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
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