reprieve

Example Sentences

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“It does little to tackle the U.K.’s sticky services inflation, while other measures could even exacerbate the problem and provides only limited reprieve for the BOE,” the economists wrote in a note to clients.

From The Wall Street Journal

There has not been a World Cup reprieve quite the same as Ronaldo's, where a three-match ban has remained in place but partially suspended.

From BBC

AI Anxiety: Nvidia’s quarterly results offered a temporary reprieve from investor angst about AI.

From The Wall Street Journal

Migratory geese, ducks and other birds who ply the Pacific Flyway between Canada and points south are sharing in the reprieve.

From Los Angeles Times

Those parched landscapes have gotten a temporary reprieve by way of a historically wet winter.

From Washington Times