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
That could dampen appetite for the longest form of U.S. government debt available on the market.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 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
Their comments did little to dampen theorists' obsession with her case.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
These he grasped, loads to dampen the vibration.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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