dampen
Example Sentences
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The enforcement actions also discouraged trading platforms from listing some tokens that the SEC might have considered to be securities, helping to dampen their prices.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Appointees adapt to the committee’s norms, and the committee’s norms dampen the influence of any one voice.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
But that did not dampen the enthusiasm of those who had come to get a glimpse of someone on top of the world.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Drizzle could dampen Southern California on Monday and Tuesday before a heat wave arrives just in time for Mother’s Day weekend — possibly pushing the thermometer to 90 degrees in downtown L.A. on Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Then I turned it up, and back down, just to dampen it.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
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