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Recent inflation data also indicate price pressures are abating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

But shoppers are spending less per trip as prices are abating and the company’s forecast is below Wall Street expectations.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

For the first time since winter storms began filling the long-drained Tulare Lake basin, state officials have announced that floodwaters are abating.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2023

Back in the United States, at least, there are some indications that the big drivers behind inflation's latest outsized readings - food and energy costs - are abating somewhat.

From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2022

Her pulse is very high," he said; "but Mr. Langford tells me that it is not so rapid as it was in the morning, and that he thinks the symptoms are abating.

From With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)