as in decrease
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Noun
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Overall car sales are expected to drop as autonomous taxis reduce the need for personal ownership of cars, with a decrease in traditional revenues for automotive suppliers like Valeo.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025 -
Other drugs Other drugs up for 2027 price decreases include cancer drugs Ibrance, made by Pfizer Inc., Xtandi, made by Pfizer and Astellas, Pomalyst, made by Bristol Myers Squibb Co., and Amgen Inc.’s psoriasis drug Otezla.—
Bloomberg,
Orange County Register,
17 Jan. 2025
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The latest delay comes a week after lawmakers announced plans to move the proposal alongside a bill authorizing $2.5 billion to respond to the Los Angeles wildfires and fund other fire mitigation projects.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Jan. 2025
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But Lacy says the committee didn’t adequately account for mitigation measures, developed and promoted by the Crane Foundation, that can effectively deter cranes from eating farmers’ corn.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
17 Jan. 2025
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All ticket proceeds and donations will be distributed under the advisement of the Annenberg Foundation for short-term relief efforts and long-term initiatives to prevent future fire disasters throughout Southern California, according to the FireAid website.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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As the California fires have devastated more than hundreds of thousands of residents, Hollywood actors have come together to raise millions for relief efforts.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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And why does one guy with nothing to carry need a pickup truck and/or SUV? I’m ticked off that as a veteran public school teacher, school administrators are less concerned about academic rigor, and more concerned about parental appeasement.—
Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2025
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Others like Mark Zuckerberg, who recently changed Meta’s policies on fact-checking in an apparent appeasement of the incoming administration (after previously suspending Trump’s Facebook account while Biden was in charge), changed their tune after Trump was elected.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Assuagement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assuagement. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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