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abate

[uh-bayt] / əˈbeɪt /


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This isn’t going to abate as an issue over time, either.

From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026

He said the correct Fed policy decision would be to stay on hold until these contradictory signals abate.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Downtown businesses were already struggling when people started buying more retail goods online, a trend that didn’t abate when lockdowns ended, Schuster said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Carsten Brzeski, global head of macro research at ING, said Germany’s GDP might only grow by 0.5% this year—rather than the 0.8% he had previously forecast—if the disruption doesn’t abate soon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

It never grew very heated between them, but neither did it ever quite abate.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

The stress among private-credit borrowers is occurring while the U.S. economy is performing well, a possible warning sign that losses could jump sharply if growth abates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

“This year, investors have been more sensitive to Shopify’s cost management and margin dilution, and we believe today’s print largely abates those concerns, and establishes an upward trajectory for FCF margins going forward,” Shao wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

“If the conflict abates by Monday sundown, coinciding with the start of the Jewish holiday Purim, the oil price spike could prove short-lived,” Kaneva wrote.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

Then, in the depths of a recession, debts are settled, panic abates, green shoots appear, and banks begin lending more easily again — fueling a recovery that enables a new upswing.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

Salvage teams have been notified and will locate and sink the container when the storm abates.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

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

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 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

Investors in health insurers could be forgiven for thinking the pressure on the Medicare Advantage industry has finally abated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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

There is no sign of the flood abating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

While the wildfires show no sign of abating soon, the UK Foreign Office is currently not advising against travel to France or Spain.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

“While one supply shock is abating, another one may be around the corner,” economists at the New York-based investment bank, led by Nathan Sheets, wrote in a note on Thursday.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

Samsung shares have rallied 150% so far this year with Korea’s army of retail investors speculating on further gains as the supply=demand imbalance in memory chips shows no sign of abating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Wind abating; seas still terrific, but feel them less, as ship is steadier.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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