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calming

ADJECTIVE
appeasing
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Antonyms


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Jim Rigby, who baptized Talarico and married his parents, remembers the youngster as a "calming presence."

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

There are also important questions about how long the calming effect lasts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Many longtime residents have developed habits to calm their minds during these exceptional conditions — meditation, a dip in the ocean to trigger the calming mammalian dive response, support groups to talk through the pain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

A big physical presence, but also has that calming influence to talk others through games, and you can see since he's been in the team, Coventry have got better week-on-week.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

I started calming down by taking deep breaths and concentrating on the smell of dirt on my palms.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña


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