abatement

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City officials even offered the warehouse owner, Dalfen Industrial, 10 years’ worth of tax abatement, totaling about $20 million, if they agreed not to sell their warehouse to DHS.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

“Once you have a carbon price into the mid-teens, and certainly into the twenties, that’s a very healthy level. You can drive a lot of abatement with a carbon price at those levels.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The two-year program prepares graduates for careers in a variety of fields, from zookeeping to Hollywood animal training, wildlife conservation and even pest abatement.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

This might look like fire abatement measures in wildfire-prone areas, or updating HVAC, plumbing and electrical systems, or earthquake retrofitting — which also improve home values when you’re ready to sell.

From Salon • May 13, 2025

The research was part of a study examining lead abatement methods, and all families involved were black.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot