moderate
Example Sentences
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The authors suggest that regular, moderate intake of brewed tea may help reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer.
From Science Daily
For now, Venezuelans have to settle for moderate improvements to their economic situation.
Young adolescents who used social media the most were three times as likely to score as having lower well-being than moderate users.
A December review by The Times found that the permitting process in Altadena and Pacific Palisades was moving at a moderate rate compared to other major fires in California.
From Los Angeles Times
"The real importance of this discovery is the possibility of treating these diseases with drugs that prevent the free radical process or moderate it rather than drugs that block the receptor," Salomon said.
From Science Daily
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