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Recent Examples of de-escalation
Naqvi praised Trump for extending the ceasefire, calling it a welcome step toward de-escalation.
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Sean Nevin, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
This is not a solution to potential nuclear de-escalation.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
Stock Chart IconStock chart icon The ceasefire extension underscores the uncertain path toward de-escalation.
—Lee Ying Shan,spencer Kimball,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
The teamwork and professionalism shown by the officers today are a testament to their training in de-escalation, crisis intervention, and critical decision-making.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
That officer didn’t have the proper training for disability-specific de-escalation, the suit says.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
The irony and meaninglessness of the carnage rankles, especially when Ulysses is presented as such a nice guy who is prone to de-escalation in his day-to-day work.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
The irony and meaninglessness of the violence rankles, especially when Ulysses is presented as such a nice guy who is prone to de-escalation and community care in his day-to-day work.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
Even as global tensions show signs of de-escalation, local conditions in India are simmering.
—Menaka Doshi, Bloomberg, 15 Apr. 2026
Sean Nevin, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
This is not a solution to potential nuclear de-escalation.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
Stock Chart IconStock chart icon The ceasefire extension underscores the uncertain path toward de-escalation.
—Lee Ying Shan,spencer Kimball,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
The teamwork and professionalism shown by the officers today are a testament to their training in de-escalation, crisis intervention, and critical decision-making.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
That officer didn’t have the proper training for disability-specific de-escalation, the suit says.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
The irony and meaninglessness of the carnage rankles, especially when Ulysses is presented as such a nice guy who is prone to de-escalation in his day-to-day work.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
The irony and meaninglessness of the violence rankles, especially when Ulysses is presented as such a nice guy who is prone to de-escalation and community care in his day-to-day work.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
Even as global tensions show signs of de-escalation, local conditions in India are simmering.
—Menaka Doshi, Bloomberg, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for de-escalation
Noun
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Parents of students with disabilities have expressed concern about civil rights cases closing too soon and difficulties of knowing who to talk to after the reduction in force occurred.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Perseverance rover, which is on Mars collecting rock and soil samples, could face spending reductions.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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According to new data from the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), there was a decrease in work zone crashes, deaths, and injuries in 2025.—
Tara Lynch,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Even small decreases in cognitive functioning may be associated with a higher risk of death.—
Doug Brugge,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Near the Sacramento International Airport, deputies were able to deploy a tire deflation device.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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China reported higher producer prices for the first time since 2022, alleviating fears of persistent deflation in the world’s second-biggest economy, but driving concerns of a global wave of inflation resulting from the Iran war.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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State and county officials, along with community members, are evaluating data center proposals and rightly demanding greater disclosures from developers, proper siting and permitting, abatement of noise pollution and restrictions on water usage.—
Todd Larsen,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Apr. 2026
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Funds could support methane abatement, infrastructure to ameliorate floods and rising temperatures, and assistance for regions dependent on fossil fuels — without waiting decades for litigation to wind through the courts.—
Nicolas S. Rohatyn,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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All of the cumulative regions the wave passes through, with all of the growth and shrinkages that occur, imprint themselves onto the wave, as do the initial and final gravitational potentials.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Apr. 2026
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Warm water can cause slight shrinkage in linen and cotton, but won’t generally affect synthetics.—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This is the diminution of American power, the erosion of American power, and Trump is doing it willfully, with no strategic idea in his head.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2026
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In both films, the effect is of a diminution, a depersonalization—not to say, a desecration of the experience of horror that the documentary element embodies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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The trend This stock had been mired in a two-year downtrend and finally broken it.—
Jay Woods,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
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These experts also invariably forecast a sharp downtrend in the inflation curve once the conflict ends.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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The trend is more of a downward slope than an abrupt falloff, but the gradient is steep and represents a crisis to colleges dependent on filling classroom seats and dorm beds.—
Jeffrey Selingo,
The Atlantic,
12 Apr. 2026
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The global emphasis also comes at a time when Hollywood’s local crews and soundstages are struggling from a historic falloff in local production as producers shoot more projects overseas in pursuit of tax credits.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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“De-escalation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/de-escalation. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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