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abate

[uh-beyt] / 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

Juda insisted the rupiah was undervalued and that economic pressures were "manageable" and will abate once the war ends.

From Barron's Jun. 14, 2026

Finally, the steam began to abate, and I signaled enough.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

“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

After the hubbub abates, Hudson says the hardest part will be knowing that it will be time to say goodbye to the character and the movie.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2026

As the drama reaches catharsis, the rain abates and the skies clear.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

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

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

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

“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

“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

A remarkable dividend of the new approaches to crime and welfare, one with only anecdotal rather than social-science evidence, was a dramatic thaw in race relations, as fear and resentment abated.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

The intensity had not abated after two years, nor had her awe at his self-assured eccentricities and his fierce moralities.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

There is no sign of the flood abating.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

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

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Key details: Healthcare 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

The fervor to buy SpaceX’s options, despite the extraordinary greed premium, shows no sign of abating.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

The movement continued to surge with no signs of abating.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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