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abate

[uh-beyt] / əˈbeɪt /


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Richard Moody, chief economist at Regions Financial Corp., thinks Warsh could start to lay out the case for a resumption of interest-rate cuts once inflation pressures have begun to abate.

From MarketWatch Jun. 14, 2026

Fed officials would typically look through this oil shock because, presumably, when the latest conflict in the Middle East subsides, the inflationary surge will abate as well.

From Barron's Jun. 8, 2026

They accused the oil companies of creating a public nuisance by altering the environment and leaving the county to pay to abate growing hazards such as the flooding that tests roads and bridges.

From Salon Apr. 10, 2026

That tailwind isn’t likely to abate when the fighting in Iran ends.

From Barron's Mar. 4, 2026

Shifa didn’t say anything, but after a minute when his tears didn’t abate she leaned over and hugged him tightly.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

Under the current policy, the city abates 90 percent of property taxes on conversions that set aside at least 25 percent of units as affordable housing.

From Barron's Jun. 14, 2026

After the hubbub abates, Hudson says the hardest part will be knowing that it will be time to say goodbye to the character and the movie.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2026

As the drama reaches catharsis, the rain abates and the skies clear.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

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

The frenzied scenes around this clammy building eventually abated, only for Faye Rogers to spark more bedlam with a rampant gold in the 200m individual medley SM10.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

“We were rightly skeptical about this so-called Sell America trade. As tariff concerns eased and recession fears abated, the debasement narrative lost momentum,” Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, said in commentary shared with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Jun. 28, 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

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

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

Key details: Healthcare providers created about half of the new jobs in June, a big trend in the past two years that shows no sign of abating.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

The fervor to buy SpaceX’s options, despite the extraordinary greed premium, shows no sign of abating.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

He also reckons that the risk of DSV moving business away from WiseTech’s CargoWise platform appears to be abating.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

He saw that he had a donor he could trust, maybe a WL who could be educated about the real challenges of abating poverty.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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