moderated
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"Though energy prices moderated as expected, it was food inflation that drove the forecast miss of last month's headline CPI," Oxford Economics said in the note.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
He hasn’t moderated or apologized since entering politics.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Unlike in much of the U.S., wealth and A/C in those places were not strongly correlated, since the ocean moderated summer temperatures and A/C did not seem necessary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Client activity among the bank’s markets and investment-banking clients moderated during the quarter from the strong second quarter, Dimon said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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
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