restraint

Example Sentences

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It requires restraint, patience and a willingness to confront ideas that don't affirm one’s own perspective.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Investors would do well to remember that in contested transactions, restraint can generate as much long-term value as expansion.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Dr Frank Slokan led the development of restraint reduction within the SPS and has written a PHD on the subject.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

“As we’ve expressed previously, the very reason for our optimism about a cessation of hostilities is that it would not require a comprehensive peace agreement — with mutual restraint instead being sufficient,” Bishop said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

After years of practice, restraint came easily to Elizebeth.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield