How to Use abatement in a Sentence

abatement

noun
  • The size of the abatement would depend on the amount of damage.
    Jeffrey Meitrodt, Star Tribune, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Seguin and Guadalupe County officials granted a partial tax abatement to the company.
    Diego Mendoza-Moyers, ExpressNews.com, 9 July 2020
  • Getting financial assistance on their own from private lenders to do lead abatement is difficult, if not impossible.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Funding for weed abatement, demolition, street resurfacing and the city recycling program will also remain the same.
    Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The city has given Ambrose a 10-year, 75 percent tax abatement on the remodeled or new buildings that is tied to job creation and payroll.
    Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 1 July 2020
  • Those numbers suggest that there’s been little abatement of the civic intensity seen in Minnesota in 2018.
    Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The project will additionally contribute to the city's tax base after the expiration of an eight-year property-tax abatement plan, Kerski said.
    Dee Depass, Star Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Justin bib tried to bring common sense to a tax abatement program in the city.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 18 May 2022
  • Due to this abatement and cleanup, Valerie was able to find the baby. ...
    Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Feb. 2021
  • Getting abatement, the city didn’t think that was a good way to go forward.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 11 May 2022
  • All three agreed to a 10-year, 75% tax abatement for the expansion.
    Kristen Leigh Painter, Star Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Lead paint was found in the home and abatement was conducted in April this year.
    Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2021
  • Michael’s would also receive an abatement of the first 24 months of rent on the restaurant space.
    Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Given the guidelines from the abatement council, these funds can’t be used to pay old debts.
    Aneri Pattani, CNN, 15 May 2023
  • The project will qualify for tax abatement for the new housing.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Critics say the tax break, known as an abatement, flies in the face of how the Beltline was envisioned.
    J. Scott Trubey, ajc, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The money will provide 20% of the setup costs for an abatement program for the counties.
    Michael I. Krauss, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Last year, the town board passed a $2.4 million property-tax abatement by a vote of 5-0.
    Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Rivera said he was given a heads-up that the abatement notices would be posted.
    Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2023
  • The trucks equipped with nozzles and hoses will be used for fire suppression and dust abatement throughout the process.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • There was an air of relief about the camp on Monday, as the word got around that abatement wouldn’t happen — at least for now.
    Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2023
  • In New York City today, abatement workers earn around $30 to $80 an hour.
    Sofia Quaglia, Wired, 12 Sep. 2020
  • After all, there has been a steady flow of leaks about the committee’s work and findings with no sign of abatement.
    Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 6 May 2022
  • Under an abatement warrant, the city seized the mice in April and euthanized 773 of them.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • As new housing, the project qualifies for 15 years of tax abatement.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Asbestos abatement adds more time and cost to some of the repairs, too, officials have said.
    Anna Kim, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The head was found in a plastic bag off of a highway in March 2018 by the sheriff's office's litter abatement team.
    Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 28 May 2021
  • The project qualifies for a 15-year tax abatement on revenues.
    Eric Heisig, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2021
  • Mosquito abatement may be undertaken under this section anywhere in the state by any governmental unit.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The agency said its energy priorities in Iraq and across the entirety of its global portfolio are focused on wind, solar, methane abatement, carbon capture among other clean energy investments.
    Dipka Bhambhani, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024

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