moderate
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The wider guide includes more than 70 other South Australian restaurants, with some recognised through the Bib Gourmand category, which highlights restaurants offering good food at more moderate prices.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
By next year, the effect is forecast to moderate, Riedels and Mericle suggest, because memory and computer prices should be growing at a significantly slower pace.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
This headwind could be starting to moderate as expectations of an October Fed rate hike ease, she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
After huge increases in the second quarter in markets-related business, revenue growth was expected to moderate somewhat in the just-finished July-September quarter.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
The scientist must be moderate: this is a new type of intellectual virtue.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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
The same poll found 51% of registered voters in Texas preferred Talarico, as did 63% of moderates.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 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
“If demand moderates even at the margin, or if supply is added back too quickly, the old addiction to fare sales and discounting could return.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 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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Consumer preferences are evolving toward personal care, new flavors, moderated drinking and choices based on specific occasions, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
A moderated online forum could make challenges to contested papers part of the scientific record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
It is the most attention a California gubernatorial contest has drawn since 2010, when “Today” show host Matt Lauer and NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd moderated nationally televised clashes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
September’s hour-long debate, taking place shortly before county elections officials begin mailing ballots to all the state’s registered voters, will be moderated by the cable network’s anchors Dana Bash and Jake Tapper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
By mid-November the weather had moderated, which is to say that it had become cold and rainy as it always is in Seattle in November.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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Edmonds, of EVA England, says developments in electric vehicle design have made them better at moderating the acceleration so they don't gain speed as rapidly.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
For Chaudhuri, despite market expectations, the Fed should be holding rates, maintaining a level between 3.50% to 3.75% because inflation is actually moderating.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
"However, if inflation appears not to be moderating sufficiently, then I think we should act decisively to raise rates."
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The S&P 500 closed at a record high Thursday as investors bet that a combination of moderating inflation and an AI boom would lead to lasting growth in the U.S. economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Nuah is behind me, being Mr. Nice Guy and not passing me but moderating his pace.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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