dampen

Example Sentences

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A firmer Malaysian ringgit has continued to dampen export competitiveness, while stronger demand ahead of the Lunar New Year and Ramadan in February could lift exports and palm oil prices, it adds.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fed officials believe the three cuts this year get the central bank closer to a place where it is neither dampening nor boosting demand.

From MarketWatch

Firefighters remain at the Revolver Hotel on Virginia Street and are continuing dampening down work.

From BBC

The notion of a dead rubber did nothing to dampen the spirit of an Australian Christmas tradition.

From BBC

When sialic acids attach to lectin receptors on immune cells, they can switch on an immune dampening pathway.

From Science Daily