abatement

Example Sentences

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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

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

Magistrates agreed to support the appeal and lift the noise abatement notice.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025

The morrow produced no abatement of Mrs. Bennet’s ill-humour or ill health.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen