abate

This month a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million to abate an alleged public nuisance caused by its platform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 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

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

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

Harry had not expected Hermione’s anger to abate overnight, and was therefore unsurprised that she communicated mainly by dirty looks and pointed silences the next morning.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

The stress among private-credit borrowers is occurring while the U.S. economy is performing well, a possible warning sign that losses could jump sharply if growth abates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

“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

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

Salvage teams have been notified and will locate and sink the container when the storm abates.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

“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

“As tariff concerns eased and recession fears abated, the debasement narrative lost momentum,” he added.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

The Greenspan Fed pledged to provide adequate financial liquidity, and the panic abated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

“It’s the predominance of this fear that they’ve heard in the media — and that’s largely abated — that a Democrat won’t make it to the runoff,” Mitchell said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026

She crouched on the floor for some time until the headache abated.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

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

Amid concerns over how officials are pursuing suspects, broader worries about wildfires are far from abating.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Key details: Health-care providers created about half of the new jobs in June, a big trend in the past two years that shows no sign of abating.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Wind abating; seas still terrific, but feel them less, as ship is steadier.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker