How to Use abatement in a Sentence

abatement

noun
  • It's called a first-time abatement.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Once that abatement work is complete, the project can move along.
    — Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The size of the abatement would depend on the amount of damage.
    — Jeffrey Meitrodt, Star Tribune, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The plan was also vague about the limits of their tax abatement.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Berkowitz said abatement is a tool and the process is underway.
    — Paula Dobbyn, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2020
  • Justin bib tried to bring common sense to a tax abatement program in the city.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 18 May 2022
  • Getting abatement, the city didn’t think that was a good way to go forward.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 11 May 2022
  • The first-time abatement is very different.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Rivera said he was given a heads-up that the abatement notices would be posted.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2023
  • Lead paint was found in the home and abatement was conducted in April this year.
    — Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2021
  • The project will qualify for tax abatement for the new housing.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Jenks is among the schools that the district has identified as in need of lead paint abatement.
    — Wendy Ruderman, Philly.com, 29 June 2018
  • Yet the fighting now stretches into its fifth year, with no signs of abatement.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Clarke’s stance could mean that the abatement will become part of the budget debate this year.
    — Laura McCrystal, Philly.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Given the guidelines from the abatement council, these funds can’t be used to pay old debts.
    — Aneri Pattani, CNN, 15 May 2023
  • Hunter’s office says the award is only enough to pay for one year of the state’s opioid abatement plan.
    — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Asbestos abatement adds more time and cost to some of the repairs, too, officials have said.
    — Anna Kim, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2020
  • All was peaceful except for the rushing water, which showed no sign of abatement.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • As new housing, the project qualifies for 15 years of tax abatement.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 22 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
  • Michael’s would also receive an abatement of the first 24 months of rent on the restaurant space.
    — Bob Carlton | [email protected], al, 10 Aug. 2021
  • All three agreed to a 10-year, 75% tax abatement for the expansion.
    — Kristen Leigh Painter, Star Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Even as tenants move out, at least 20% of the apartments will keep reduced rents for the life of the abatement.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2019
  • The abatement would ease some of the leasing and renovation costs, Coons said.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • The tax abatement is subject to approval by the full council June 25.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • No one spoke at the public hearing on the abatement resolution.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Twice in the past 10 years, the city has sued the motel’s owner under nuisance abatement statutes.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026

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