chastened
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A nominee laser-focused on the general election might have been chastened, hastening to court the 47.6 percent of Democrats who’d backed his opponent.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
It was historically more conservative to begin with, but the profit warning in 2023 “really hit investor confidence and chastened Siemens Energy,” said Sean McLoughlin, equity analyst at HSBC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Every time he felt he had made progress, Antonelli's apparently effortless way of extracting that little bit more from the car chastened him.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
And we pundits, chastened by having been burned, are reluctant to get too far out over our skis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
Lawrence wrote back, at once chastened and defensive, on the eve of his departure for Brussels.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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