abatement
Example Sentences
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If someone hasn’t paid a penalty yet, they could say they were owed an abatement to reduce or eliminate the penalty.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
"This shows that methane abatement and energy security are not competing priorities," Jorgensen told the conference.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
City officials even offered the warehouse owner, Dalfen Industrial, 10 years’ worth of tax abatement, totaling about $20 million, if they agreed not to sell their warehouse to DHS.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026
“Once you have a carbon price into the mid-teens, and certainly into the twenties, that’s a very healthy level. You can drive a lot of abatement with a carbon price at those levels.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
The Department of Health and Human Services launched an investigation and concluded that the study’s consent forms “failed to provide an adequate description” of the different levels of lead abatement in the homes.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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