restrained

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Rep. Matt Gaetz said last week that “nobody was forced or restrained or otherwise threatened to continue participating.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Smith had studied the architects while a student at Hampton University, and has documented on his Instagram their various stylings, which range from restrained to whimsical to ornate.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

It has marked a departure from the more restrained language traditionally used by American leaders during wartime, even when describing battlefield success.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Under typical conditions, production of the eIF5A2 protein is restrained by a small regulatory RNA molecule called miR-6514-5p.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

By contrast, the public view of the progress of medicine during the same period is restrained, qualified, a mixture of hope and worry.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas