allaying

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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

Unionized West Coast dockworkers and their employers have reached a tentative agreement on a six-year contract, allaying concerns of a broad shutdown.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

The move was geared toward allaying concerns about the resolution among Republicans, but it did not appear to have succeeded.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023

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