as in decrease
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assuagement
Noun
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That target implies a 14.2% decrease from Apple’s latest close.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025 -
Under Bukele's tenure, El Salvador has seen a dramatic decrease in its crime rate.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
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For flood mitigation and water retention, technology has evolved, and research now shows that the deforestation needed for hydropower construction directly worsens these problems.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The company is looking at all sorts of mitigation plans, Ford said, though not at the expense of pulling back investments in future growth such as lowering research and development spending.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2025
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Warming from climate change is making the pollen season longer, and more people are going to the doctor each year looking for relief, according to a recent research review published in the journal The Laryngoscope.—
Andrea Muraskin,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2025
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For the last year, individuals and businesses affected by hurricanes Helene and Milton qualify for tax relief, as well as disaster victims in parts of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Mexico, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Alaska.—
Cora Lewis,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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But states will likely respond with a combination of retaliation, appeasement, and diversification.—
Eswar Prasad,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Apr. 2025
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Sheinbaum’s policy of Trump appeasement may well be the least-bad course open to Mexico.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
28 Mar. 2025
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