moderate
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Expect them to run along similar moderate lines as before, pitching themselves as the sensible choice and avoiding too much chatter about their previous losses.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
While shipping markets continue to price in disruptions well into 2027, “potential additional dark flows and price-sensitive China net crude imports may moderate the upside to crude oil prices even if Mideast disruptions last longer.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Someone facing crisis-level stress has the most to gain from travel’s resilience-building effect, Mulcahy says, but even those depleted by moderate work pressure or family strain can benefit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Among the missing ingredients is liquid water, which generally depends on the presence of an atmosphere and moderate temperatures.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
A newspaper account described typical Levittown home buyers as “young persons of moderate financial circumstances who had small children and might expect others.”
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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“It’s not clear that any of these reforms helped elect more moderates or limit polarization,” said Rick Hasen, a professor of law and political science at UCLA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Among self-described moderates, Talarico’s lead is even more pronounced, with the Democrat ahead 54% to 20%.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
He moderates his earnings forecasts on some revenue slippage into future periods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
But any nominee will have to unite Platner's wounded supporters with moderates, independents and women voters wary of a party that just watched its chosen candidate implode.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
It was obvious that they regarded us, the Rivonia Trialists, as moderates.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Then on Friday, Lyne will attend a 35mm screening of 2002’s “Unfaithful” with a Q&A moderated by podcaster and film historian Karina Longworth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
And while valuations for those chip names have moderated, implied future growth keeps rising, remaining well below dot-com peaks.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Inflation moderated even excluding the volatile food and energy categories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In a discussion moderated by “Master of None” actor Lena Waithe, Prince-Bythewood and the cast talked about the making and almost-not-making of the film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Caesar was one of those who wanted to gain the principality of Rome; but if he had survived and had not moderated his expenditures after doing so, he would have destroyed the power he acquired.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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Welker is an award-winning journalist who earned bipartisan praise after moderating a 2020 presidential debate featuring Trump and Joe Biden, the Democrat who won that year's election.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
The man has achieved significant political capital without moderating anything he stands for.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Candidates could consider moderating their message to attract orphaned voters, though that can be perilous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
For workers, companies’ moderating budgets for pay increases show the price of hunkering down at their current job.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Nye is a short, short- tempered man who has difficulty moderating his aggressive vigor, his talent for language both sharp and outspoken.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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