How to Use abatement in a Sentence

abatement

noun
  • The money will go to opioid treatment and abatement programs.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 21 Oct. 2020
  • All three agreed to a 10-year, 75% tax abatement for the expansion.
    Kristen Leigh Painter, Star Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
  • If abatement granted exceeds 50 percent, a city must get the consent of its school district.
    cleveland, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Central Amusement has yet to accept the abatement, the officials said.
    Rich Calder, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Cooper pointed at one side of the Bing Theatre, where asbestos abatement was under way.
    Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The project qualifies for a 15-year tax abatement on revenues generated by the project.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Yet this project would help taxpayers, Pflipsen responded, because the school district has granted no such abatement.
    Star Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020
  • This culminated last week in the final approval of a tax abatement by the city, county and Cold Spring School District.
    Kristen Leigh Painter, Star Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The city did lead abatement and some electrical work, put in flooring, did painting and deck repairs, and made other improvements, Malinowski said.
    Don Stacom, courant.com, 24 Sep. 2020
  • If the parties involved hustle, the Google facility would be well through the tax abatement term by the time Sherco 3 goes off the grid forever.
    Star Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020
  • One odd aspect of this is that the project that would help fill the hole left by Sherco in the tax base was already granted a 20-year tax abatement by the city and Sherburne County.
    Star Tribune, 21 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mosquito abatement may be undertaken under this section anywhere in the state by any governmental unit.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • CSOs can also work closely with the finance function on the selection and sequencing of decarbonization projects, both those with an immediate return and others with longer payback periods but greater abatement potential.
    Pwc Sustainability, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024

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