abated

Example Sentences

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The board member said initial concerns over the impact of U.S. tariffs, which he viewed as one of the primary obstacles to the BOJ’s rate-hike path, have abated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

He added: "The tensions that exist in our society have not abated and are both deeper and more long-standing than anything we have experienced in modern times."

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Uncertainty spawned by higher tariffs appears to be a chief cause; that uncertainty hasn’t abated.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

The 38-year-old former world number one Djokovic is in the evening prime time slot on Rod Laver Arena and will be hoping the heat has abated by then.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

But the unnerving stillness in her eyes abated, at least.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas