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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
“The Singapore economy should continue to expand at a firm pace in the immediate quarters ahead, and moderate thereafter as the AI cycle eases from its exceptional pace and global financial conditions tighten,” it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The AI-driven global technology cycle is assumed to be moderate.
From MarketWatch ● 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 Day of Protest was the ANC’s first att empt to hold a political strike on a national scale and it was a moderate success.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
However, if growth moderates and inflation were to ease, yields could move lower, she added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The same poll found 51% of registered voters in Texas preferred Talarico, as did 63% of moderates.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Throughout the campaign, Stevens argued that El-Sayed would not be able to defeat Rogers, a refrain some moderates repeated Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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
South Korea’s headline inflation moderated last month but remained above the central bank’s 2% target, underscoring the challenge of taming price pressures stoked by the energy shock and artificial-intelligence boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Oil prices moderated, with Brent crude futures settling at $104.61 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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
Time had moderated his early impulse for growth and he was a man of average height marked by smallpox scars, but his amazing power for manual destruction remained intact.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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
"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
A new user, Naomi_Brilliant Earth, began posting to and moderating the company’s subreddit in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The man has achieved significant political capital without moderating anything he stands for.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 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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