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abate

[uh-bayt] / əˈbeɪt /


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This isn’t going to abate as an issue over time, either.

From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026

He said the correct Fed policy decision would be to stay on hold until these contradictory signals abate.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Downtown businesses were already struggling when people started buying more retail goods online, a trend that didn’t abate when lockdowns ended, Schuster said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Several policymakers, including New York Fed President John Williams, have said they are optimistic inflation will abate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

It is a craze that has yet to abate.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

“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

Under the current policy, the city abates 90 percent of property taxes on conversions that set aside at least 25 percent of units as affordable housing.

From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026

Analysts expect their share prices to remain under pressure until the pace of redemptions abates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

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

I’m referring to buying stocks that are beaten down by tax-loss selling in the last quarter of the year, which far more often than not rebound in January after that selling has abated.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

The frenzied scenes around this clammy building eventually abated, only for Faye Rogers to spark more bedlam with a rampant gold in the 200m individual medley SM10.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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

A note from Oxford Economics pointed to improving dynamics in March after winter storms abated.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

The tightness in her stomach abated, and she sighed through her nose.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

There is no sign of the flood abating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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

The war in the Middle East — the most recent, and most severe, energy jolt — is showing no signs of abating.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

Interest in options is at the highest level in market history with no signs of abating.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

"According to your latest satellite data, the dust storm in Arabia Terra isn't abating at all, and will block eighty percent of the sunlight?"

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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