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allay

[uh-ley] / əˈleɪ /


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Google Glass could be the next must-have gadget if the company can allay privacy fears and overcome its label as a ‘Segway for your face.’

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Beijing has stepped in to allay India's concerns.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Executives of KKR on Tuesday sought to allay concerns about the firm’s private-credit business.

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

To allay concerns about his age, Lula has released videos of him lifting weights, using a treadmill and sprinting to meetings.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 2026

As rumors circulated about the dangers of the new product, ethyl’s ebullient inventor, Thomas Midgley, decided to hold a demonstration for reporters to allay their concerns.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The director of Belfast Christmas Market is hoping the suspension of roadworks in the run-up to Christmas allays concerns after recent traffic congestion in the city.

From BBC Nov. 16, 2024

In states that are now moving to change their procedures, lawmakers argue that creating formal rules allays security concerns and prevents bad actors from disrupting governance.

From Seattle Times Feb. 17, 2022

Now, an ambitious new study allays those fears.

From Science Magazine Feb. 2, 2022

“Nothing in her opening statement allays that concern.”

From Washington Post Oct. 11, 2020

What an enchanting dogma, that allays the terror of a God by causing beauty to intervene between our nothingness and his Infinite Majesty.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

But it has taken less than a week for those fears to be allayed.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

Surging memory costs was one area of concern ahead of Cisco’s earnings but the company allayed those fears.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

Early fears that the fast-food colossus would be overly brand conscious and dictate content were allayed.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

Analyst Andrew McLeod tells clients in a note that the Australian company’s December-half result allayed some market fears over earnings growth and free cash flow.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

When all was published and done, my competitive anxieties, at least, had been allayed.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

January’s jobs growth was the largest since December of 2024, allaying fears about a weakening labor market.

From Barron's Feb. 28, 2026

If Tongue was wild, Atkinson was accurate, allaying any fears about his own lack of cricket.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2025

Wall Street has largely held steady through the start of the earnings season as results from the big banks came in stronger than expected, allaying concerns about a contagion from the banking crisis in March.

From Reuters Apr. 24, 2023

Scientists said earlier this week that the road was no longer under imminent threat from the lava, allaying fears previously that it could be cut off.

From Seattle Times Dec. 10, 2022

On my affording an opportunity, through the medium of the currency of the realm, of the allaying, at a later period, this beneficial evil, one of the men remarked:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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