How to Use abatement in a Sentence

abatement

noun

• Berkowitz said abatement is a tool and the process is underway.
  — Paula Dobbyn, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2020
• Another safety improvement required by the permit is a sound abatement system on all ranges.
  — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2020
• Tax abatements for this new wave of luxury condos were projected to cost the city up to $2.8 billion dollars over a decade.
  — Lauren Sandler, Time, 28 Apr. 2020
• The landlord of her three units in Menlo Park has provided a 30 percent rent abatement.
  — Mandy Behbehani, SFChronicle.com, 16 Apr. 2020
• The city is planning to hire 20 parks and recreation employees to begin the first phase of camp abatement on May 11.
  — Paula Dobbyn, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2020
• Up to 100 people had been in touch to object to an abatement, says Brewer, the commissioner.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
• As the pandemic begins to show signs of abatement in certain regions, new health and safety measures are taking hold on board airlines and in airports across the world.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2020
• The size of the abatement would depend on the amount of damage.
  — Jeffrey Meitrodt, Star Tribune, 13 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 | [e-mail], 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
• The project will receive a 75% abatement on property levies for 15 years.
  — Dan O’Brien, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2020
• 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
• For example, some owners are asking about the implications of rent abatement periods or tenant improvement allowances — areas where, in stronger markets, the negotiation wasn’t as flexible.
  — Allen Buchanan, Orange County Register, 26 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Jan 2025