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Example sentences for: easing

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6 billion pipeline that would carry huge quantities of Central Asian natural gas across Iran, the first significant easing of the economic isolation of the Tehran regime, according to U.S. officials and other sources."
However, given the size of Khatami's mandate, Khamenei may conclude that the desire for easing social and cultural restrictions is compelling enough, and opt to assist the new president in overcoming conservative opponents.
It's more like easing it open or closed.
Even after the superpowers' 1962 showdown led to an easing of tensions, the planet still had a series of nuclear scares, such as the October 1973 nuclear alert--which happened on the detente-minded watch of Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon.
7. "The Employment Cost Index for the most recent quarter came in at just 0.8 percent, below expectations, easing investor concerns about possible inflation.