sedate
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Nursing homes have a powerful incentive to sedate residents, and comparatively few people are watching.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
Amateur racers, pimped-out coupes, woodies and ragtops, sedate sedans and souped-up hot rods, all shared the brand-new, wide-open freeways and boulevards.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
At the bank's annual general meeting that year, normally sedate elderly shareholders hissed and booed.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
As digital assets trade 24/7, the typically quiet holiday period may not be so sedate for crypto stocks.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
It seemed more sedate than I remembered it, more perpendicular and strait-laced, with narrower windows and shinier woodwork, as though a coat of varnish had been put over everything for better preservation.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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A Separate Peace
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