Example Sentences

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Sheriff’s personnel responded to the scene at 3 p.m. and used deescalation tactics to try to coax the suspect from the car for several hours to no avail.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

A cease-fire deal is a “meaningful deescalation after weeks of active conflict and escalating threats,” Jason Pride, chief of investment strategy and research at Glenmede, said in emailed commentary.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Abdelatty stressed the need to intensify efforts to "ease tensions and work towards deescalation" and create the "necessary conditions to resume dialogue between the US and Iran", the Egyptian foreign ministry said.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

He was moved to a nursing home, where physicians initially urged the deescalation of life-sustaining care due to his negative prognosis and poor quality of life.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

There is a path to trade peace, calm and deescalation.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025