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How to use the word de-escalate in a Sentence?

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History has taught us that in moments of financial stress, even if they don’t escalate into a crisis, they often mean tighter credit conditions and have a material impact on the real economy in a way that the Fed absolutely needs to take into account when setting monetary policy.

Austan Goolsbee

Found on CNN
1 year ago

( A less overtly aggressive response) would imply that Beijing does not wish to escalate tension with the US to a level that can risk getting out of hand, a reset in US-China ties is not on the agenda, but an easing of tension is not beyond the realm of possibility.

Steve Tsang

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Our team has reverse engineered that code and we can confirm that it tries to escalate rights, tries to gain access to things normal apps wouldn’t be able to do on Android phones.

Mikko Hyppönen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We haven’t seen a mainstream app like this trying to escalate their privileges to gain access to things that they’re not supposed to gain access to, this is highly unusual, and it is pretty damning for Pinduoduo.

Mikko Hyppönen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s clear that these threats from Russia and the appetite to escalate the war towards us is very high, moldova is the most affected country after Ukraine (by) the war.

Iulian Groza

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He didn’t think it would escalate. I would tell him to be careful, but he would tell me that he was safe.

Belkis Terán

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We create potential anarchy because law enforcement can't do their job and then people feel that they have to do that job, people aren't trained in the use of force. They're not trained to de-escalate situations.

Scott Olson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I do call on American colleagues to exercise restraint, not to do anything to escalate the tension, if there's any move damaging China's territorial integrity and sovereignty, China will respond.

Qin Gang

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I've asked for the deployment of National Guard as long as we need National Guard to deal with the crisis that we expect to escalate, the number of people crossing the border seeking asylum we expect to only go up. And we need to make sure that there is a national response, not an ad-hoc, city by city, state by state response.

Muriel Bowser

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If someone feels the right to go into a business or a coliseum or an arena [ while concealed carrying ], then there's going to be an argument, then law enforcement will have to respond and try to de-escalate. This is just another layer of difficulty for them because it's hard to understand who has a gun, who doesn't have a gun and then having people who are not trained.

Teresa Ewins

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I kind of froze up to be honest. Put on a smile to de-escalate the situation. Kind of nervous, shocked, alarmed.

Natali Tene

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It all happened so fast and it was happening the whole time, in different parts, i kind of froze up to be honest. Put on a smile to de-escalate the situation. Kind of nervous, shocked, alarmed.

Natali Tene

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It just goes to show you that domestic incidents can escalate and [we're] lucky no one else was injured in this, these family disputes sometimes explode, they explode at the house, they explode in parking Lot [sic] and there's no telling when it will happen and where.

Glenn Shanahan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have a responsibility to ensure that this conflict, this war, doesn't escalate beyond Ukraine, we see death, we see destruction, we see human suffering in Ukraine. But this can become even worse.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have been playing a constructive part in promoting peace talks, the top priority at the moment is for all parties to exercise restraint, cool the situation down instead of adding fuel to the fire, and work for diplomatic settlement rather than further escalate the situation.

Nicolas Chapuis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

With a chief pandemic prosecutor now in place, the Department of Justice will escalate our efforts to crack down on bad actors — and take all efforts to seize relief money stolen from American families, businesses and schools during the last administration and deliver it back to the American people.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When the dust settles, despite the very real bravery on display by the Ukrainian people, deterrence in this case failed. The Biden Administration thought that sanctions and tweets would be enough to deter, but they failed to apply the kind of hard power that would have deterred Putin from launching this war in the first place. By the way, a war that could still escalate and involve us at any moment.

Mike Gallagher

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Even prior to the pandemic, working remotely was becoming more commonplace. The pandemic helped escalate this rising trend to create a major shift in how and where people work. While many typical home floor plans include one home office, most households have two working adults and therefore the demand for two home offices has naturally grown in recent years.

Sarit Marcus

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's not quite so simple as stick it in the traditional basket of escalate, de-escalate, he did that by putting 190,000 troops on the border. He could have de-escalated and got everything he wanted pretty much. He didn't do it.

Dan Hoffman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

That means getting more officers in because we lost about 400 to 500 officers over the past three years. So I'm trying to get those 400 officers back, but training them in conflict resolution and skills on how to de-escalate issues so that they can be better community-based cops.

Andre Dickens

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The goal is to be smart on crime, and so we have to have a balanced approach to safety and justice, that means getting more officers in because we lost about 400 to 500 officers over the past three years. So I'm trying to get those 400 officers back, but training them in conflict resolution and skills on how to de-escalate issues so that they can be better community-based cops.

Andre Dickens

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We do not believe conflict is inevitable, the United States in lockstep with our allies and partners, has offered Russia a path to de-escalate.

John Kirby

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Preemptive sanctions are bad. The whole idea of sanctions are their deterrent effect. We want to make the calculation that President Putin faces one in which he has an off-ramp so he can de-escalate, but if he escalates, he faces significant negative repercussions.

Jake Auchincloss

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The current security situation is worrying on the eastern flank of Europe, in this context, Romanians are rightly anxious to strengthen their own security, as tensions in Ukraine continue to escalate … we understand your situation and want to support you.

Florence Parly

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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