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abate

[uh-bayt] / əˈbeɪt /


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Crews spent days vacuuming the pool bottom after dumping gallon jugs of hydrogen peroxide into the water to abate the blooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

Though the bitter cold did not abate, the daylight hours grew perceptibly longer.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

“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

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

“All alike say ‘Have no convention at this crisis!’...‘Wait until the war excitement abates.’

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

“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

But when the truce was announced last week and the fighting largely abated, it triggered a trickle of returnees on Wednesday; not much, but “enough to hold a ceremony,” Sadeq said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

A remarkable dividend of the new approaches to crime and welfare, one with only anecdotal rather than social-science evidence, was a dramatic thaw in race relations, as fear and resentment abated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

A note from Oxford Economics pointed to improving dynamics in March after winter storms abated.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

In the late afternoon sun, tall trees growing along the bank cast long shadows over the starting stalls and the boats, but the heat had not abated appreciably.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

“The Fed can credibly argue that labor cost pressures are abating, reducing urgency for additional hikes,” said Chris Osmond, chief investment officer of Fifth Third Wealth Advisors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

The war in the Middle East — the most recent, and most severe, energy jolt — is showing no signs of abating.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

It was always there, stark and steady, rarely abating.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi




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