abated

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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 RSF has verbally accepted a Quad roadmap for peace beginning with a humanitarian truce, but neither side has formally responded and fighting has accelerated rather than abated.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

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

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

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

The harshness abated, and within three months of the judges’ visit, we received word that Badenhorst was to be transferred.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela