abating
Example Sentences
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Abating inflation helped lower some of Amazon's transportation spending, somewhat offset by fuel costs, he said.
From Reuters • Oct. 26, 2023
That I shall teach compassion unto men And be a speechless world's interpreter, Abating this accursed flood of woe.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
Abating sweating and its evils, inspection of toilets, hygienic conditions in shops are now matters frequently controlled by our city fathers.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V by Harper, Ida Husted
Abating his intrigue and ambition, he was a most estimable man, and deserved the affections of the nation, which he retained until his death.
From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John
Abating much of what has been extravagantly vaunted about the march of mind and the perfectibility of human society, it is still visibly true that the general condition of the world is improved and improving.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 by Various
