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assuage

[uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh] / əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ /


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Given how strong both Nvidia and Broadcom expect AI growth to be in the next few years, Li said the recent announcements “may help to assuage supply concerns” for the companies.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

But that statement has done little to assuage the rumours, with supporters even interrupting a June city council meeting in American Fork City to accuse the police of misconduct.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

Enter SpaceX, whose debut helped assuage any doubts that traders were losing their appetite for more speculative plays.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

The Los Angeles City Council has approved an amendment meant to assuage concerns that a rodeo ban would unfairly block equestrian events of cultural significance.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

Trueba proceeded to explain to him the various clauses of the marriage contract, which did a great deal to assuage the Frenchman’s fears.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Squirreling the creature home in her backpack, she assuages its hissing-and-squawking terror with some simple nursing, then decides the right thing to do is reunite her new friend with its family.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 18, 2025

What she notices about pizza is that pizza “is like a smiling face: It assuages the fear of complexity by showing everything on its surface.”

From New York Times Feb. 3, 2024

Having Castillo atop the rotation certainly assuages many of those feelings.

From Seattle Times Sep. 5, 2023

Their oversimplicity both exploits and assuages that looming sense of collective guilt: They feel true.

From Slate Feb. 27, 2019

It cools the system, prevents constipation, and assuages thirst.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon

That hasn’t assuaged concerns among some that a dot-com-style bubble may be building, especially given the sharp run-up.

From MarketWatch May 28, 2026

When Jared Snow goes to the hospital, he’s usually in serious pain, which he hopes will be assuaged soon.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 23, 2026

But these were largely assuaged by a new start line procedure that was trialled at the test, which gives the drivers more time to get the turbos spinning at the optimum speed.

From BBC Feb. 20, 2026

Though crucial economic data releases—like the October jobs report—have been delayed due to the government shutdown, better-than-expected profits at major companies have assuaged concerns about the health of the U.S. economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 2025

He was not assuaged by the more charitable opinion of his superior, Rutherford, who was delighted with Lawrence’s spirit in defending his results.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Given the stock’s retreat over recent months, stronger-than-expected results, amid low expectations, “could go a long way in assuaging several of these investor concerns.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

The goal was to provide enterprise customers more powerful tools while assuaging the White House’s concerns that they could be weaponized by bad actors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

The presence of the Ivorian army in the remote and long-neglected northeast, hundreds of kilometres from the economic capital Abidjan, has succeeded in assuaging locals' concerns -- to an extent.

From Barron's Oct. 20, 2025

He later served as the deputy chief over Central Bureau, earning high marks for promoting officer de-escalation training, while also tackling homelessness and assuaging fears of deportation among the city’s immigrant residents.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2024

During the first months of their marriage, he called Celia every night, his gentle voice assuaging her.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García




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