abate
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This month a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million to abate an alleged public nuisance caused by its platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Several policymakers, including New York Fed President John Williams, have said they are optimistic inflation will abate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Juda insisted the rupiah was undervalued and that economic pressures were "manageable" and will abate once the war ends.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
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
Nansi’s presence does nothing to abate Nyame’s rage, though—the Sky God’s large fists are still balled, crackling with lightning.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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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
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
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
The wind abates, the sun comes out, the trail across is flat—frozen seawater—and the dogs are well rested.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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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
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
A note from Oxford Economics pointed to improving dynamics in March after winter storms abated.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
The wind had somewhat abated but was still blowing.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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There is no sign of the flood abating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Second is a recovery in catalysis alongside abating forex headwinds that should let Clariant generate good earnings growth in 2027, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
Key details: Health-care 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
It was always there, stark and steady, rarely abating.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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