1
as in reduction
something that is or may be subtracted
entitled to a tax abatement for child care expenses
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2
as in decrease
the amount by which something is lessened
there's been a significant abatement in noise from the floor above since the upstairs neighbors installed carpets
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as in abolition
the doing away with something by formal action
sought an abatement of the court proceeding on the grounds that the plaintiff had no legal standing in the case
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Recent Examples of abatement
In exchange for the abatement, for example, AquaBounty agreed to maintain a certain number of jobs and donate a percentage of its savings to a county infrastructure fund and area schools.
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Anna Clark, ProPublica, 18 Feb. 2025
Scott Spiker, the vice chair of the committee, worried that means fewer children will get the benefits of lead abatement.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025
Habitat for Humanity plans to use about $4 million of the unspent funds to complete lead abatement in another 60 homes, Weber said.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025
Randy Palmateer, business manager for the Northwestern Indiana Building and Construction Trades Council, added that any loss of money people think abatements bring is largely offset by workers spending their money in communities.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
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Anna Clark, ProPublica, 18 Feb. 2025
Scott Spiker, the vice chair of the committee, worried that means fewer children will get the benefits of lead abatement.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025
Habitat for Humanity plans to use about $4 million of the unspent funds to complete lead abatement in another 60 homes, Weber said.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025
Randy Palmateer, business manager for the Northwestern Indiana Building and Construction Trades Council, added that any loss of money people think abatements bring is largely offset by workers spending their money in communities.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abatement
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Recognize The Risks Of A Trade War To Everyone The last major trade war of the 1930s was accompanied by a 60% reduction in global trade.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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There is a fear that this settlement will ultimately lead to a dramatic reduction in spots available, although no one knows for sure.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Apr. 2025
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While code reuse decreases and code velocity increases in this new paradigm, vulnerability density remains consistent because the large language models (LLMs) that developers are using are often trained on open-source datasets rife with existing security flaws.—
Chris Wysopal,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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By coincidence, the administration also assumes that for every 10% increase in the price of foreign products, there will be a 40% decrease in how much Americans buy.—
Jeff Guo,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2025
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Lewis was working within the Neoclassical mode, recycling the stylings of ancient Greece for a new era concerned with enforcing the abolition of slavery.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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But people don't know that Quakers were really instrumental in abolition.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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There will need to be massive tax deductions available to owners for rebuilding plants or other financial input from the government.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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If his plan passed Congress, tips, overtime and Social Security would not be taxed, and purchasing an American car would draw a tax deduction.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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Last year, the government announced a 0.2% decline in the reimbursement rates for 2025.—
Mariam Sunny,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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Bally’s Chicago ranked sixth in revenue among the state’s casinos with $29 million during the first quarter, a 4% year-over-year decline.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Then the pandemic sparked a moving frenzy, putting a serious dent in that number.—
Samantha Latson,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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If 200,000 Gold Cards are sold at $5 million each, the resulting $1 trillion could make a meaningful dent in the national debt.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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At the time, the company asked visual artist Felipe Pantone to reinterpret its signature Archibald armchair in a limited-edition drop of 110 pieces.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2025
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The stock market has opened to another drop on Monday, following last week's historic selloffs, with the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite all down around 4 percent in early trades.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Abatement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abatement. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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