abate

Example Sentences

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Investor anxiety about the investigation into Fed chair Jerome Powell appeared to abate for now, with the dollar unwinding Monday’s decline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

The city is also asking for the companies to pay an unspecified amount of money to abate what officials have called a public health crisis.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

Confidence on Main Street remains near record lows, suggesting there is still considerable room for pessimism and fear to abate and be replaced by rising confidence, fueling both economic and stock market successes.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

Foreign Secretary David Lammy told the BBC that the world had seen "the most horrific scenes" in Gaza and the time had come "to abate the suffering of the Palestinian people".

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025

Rainwater dripped from the hem of the master's cloak, but he stood stout as a winebarrel on his bit of decking and looking down at Ged he asked, “Can you abate this wind, lad?”

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin