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  • past tense form of abate.
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abated

[uh-bey-tid] / əˈbeɪ tɪd /






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“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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Thanks to rent forgiveness and government help, their businesses survived, and when the pandemic abated, business began to pick up.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2026

It said in a statement to BBC Verify that it was now switching to a system of "managed distribution" and would share selected images "on a one-off basis until the security risk has abated".

From BBC Apr. 11, 2026

The mother-in-law problem is abated because the new daughter has a privacy she never had and a place of her own in which to build the structure of a family.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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