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Recent Examples of de-escalation
Norman emphasizes de-escalation training and youth programs as key solutions.
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David Clarey, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The Guard stressed that the weapons are for personal protection and that troops operate under strict rules for use of force, including de-escalation techniques.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Montgomery Steppe also wants the county’s Chief Probation Officer Tamika Nelson to provide the board, within 60 days, a plan to phase out the use of OC spray and promote de-escalation techniques.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
The Lake County Sheriff’s Department refused to answer questions related to the incident, including what kind of de-escalation training its officers receive at various stages in their careers.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
The Guard members have been trained in de-escalation tactics and crowd control equipment, Maxwell said.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
In your estimation, are National Guard troops equipped to patrol the city where aspects of the job could call for discernment, de-escalation, things like that?
—Michel Martin, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
Under those rules, military personnel have the right of self-defense to protect themselves and others, but use de-escalation techniques to minimize the use of force to accomplish their mission.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2025
Ahmad al-Sharaa, rather than pursuing de-escalation, praised the Bedouin attackers and fanned the flames of sectarian violence.
—Hadeel Oueis, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
David Clarey, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The Guard stressed that the weapons are for personal protection and that troops operate under strict rules for use of force, including de-escalation techniques.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Montgomery Steppe also wants the county’s Chief Probation Officer Tamika Nelson to provide the board, within 60 days, a plan to phase out the use of OC spray and promote de-escalation techniques.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
The Lake County Sheriff’s Department refused to answer questions related to the incident, including what kind of de-escalation training its officers receive at various stages in their careers.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
The Guard members have been trained in de-escalation tactics and crowd control equipment, Maxwell said.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
In your estimation, are National Guard troops equipped to patrol the city where aspects of the job could call for discernment, de-escalation, things like that?
—Michel Martin, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
Under those rules, military personnel have the right of self-defense to protect themselves and others, but use de-escalation techniques to minimize the use of force to accomplish their mission.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2025
Ahmad al-Sharaa, rather than pursuing de-escalation, praised the Bedouin attackers and fanned the flames of sectarian violence.
—Hadeel Oueis, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for de-escalation
Noun
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After one year, participants in all three groups saw reductions not only in their distress but in levels of hemoglobin A1C (a key indicator of blood glucose; higher levels mean worse control).—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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Rudolph said the tools, which are mainly used to automate session notes, to autogenerate care plans and to interpret lab results, have resulted in a 65 percent reduction in documentation time.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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One study in British Columbia found that sea star wasting disease led to a 311 percent increase in the population of medium-sized sea urchins and a 30 percent decrease in kelp density over two years.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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The increase in population growth last year drove the neutral rate higher, the decrease in population growth this year is driving it lower, and that means that policy was much looser last year than people thought.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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This is what Gerli calls deflation.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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But Redd alleges that things took a violent turn, leading to a cycle of hope, followed by deflation, and then shame.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Oct. 2025
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Ahead of the abatement from Kellanova, Castillo said Santa Clara County District 2 Supervisor Betty Duong, District 3 City Councilmember Anthony Tordillos’ office and several community organizations attempted to find alternative locations.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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The rare abatement from the data blackout is due to the Social Security Administration’s need to have third-quarter CPI data to calculate and publish its annual cost-of-living adjustments.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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Fed Chair Powell mostly reiterated the case for dropping short-term rates toward neutral while also musing about halting the shrinkage of the Fed balance sheet soon.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Multiverse’s core business is compressing open-source LLMs with such extreme shrinkage that most of its versions can run on CPUs, or central processing units, of the kind used in smartphones and regular computers, rather than GPUs, or graphics processing units.—
Vivienne Walt,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Maryland has a diminution credit system in which some inmates can earn a reduction in their sentence.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
2 Sep. 2025
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But rather than Xi’s diminution, the recent moves more likely reflect Xi’s continued dominance of the military.—
JONATHAN A. CZIN,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Now the stock is breaking its recent downtrend and its RSI is attempting to break its midpoint at 50.—
Jay Woods,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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Supply and demand are coming back into balance in the airline industry, meaning airfares are shooting higher again after an extended downtrend.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
16 Aug. 2025
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But the gains among older women are nowhere near enough to counter the sharp falloff in younger generations.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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While season 1 and season 2 both started identically, there has been a dramatic falloff for season 2 now while word of mouth was spreading about season 1.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“De-escalation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/de-escalation. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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