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  • past tense form of abate.
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abated

[uh-bay-tid] / əˈbeɪ tɪd /






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Once the rain abated, the field did two laps behind a safety car to check conditions before racing began with a standing start.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

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

“This property should have been proactively secured and abated long before a fire made the danger impossible to ignore.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

I’d loaded Jesse’s SnowFlake page because I needed to feel close to him, and they’d taken that away from me, but the need hadn’t abated.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson


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