temperament
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Hand him a first-class ticket to any conflict zone on Earth and his diplomatic temperament would ease tensions that have long bedeviled U.N. envoys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Itauma's trainer Ben Davison, who also worked with Joshua and Fury, believes he has the temperament to handle what comes next.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
In terms of temperament, what stood out, considering the context of our conversations, was how mild-mannered he seemed.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
"The resignation is definitely a surprise, because it is not in Mr. Modi's temperament to take a back step," analyst Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, who has written Modi's biography, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Twenty-nine years old, he is a slender man with delicate features, a shy, moody temperament, and astounding physical strength.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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Without sense, it could be a myopic rumination on climate change mixed with a treacly buddy comedy, where two opposing temperaments clash into a discordant, aggravating mess.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
A key to Mr. Barnes’s books is that in style as well as form he is a hybridizer, able to combine seemingly contrary temperaments into a single writing voice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Everything is just a little more obvious, including the two American sound guys bearing the brunt of the artistic temperaments running riot in the studio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
"They all had quite different temperaments for different points in the film," she noted.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
The Randall sons managed their inheritances according to their temperaments.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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Vocabulary lists containing temperament
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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"The Mixer," Vocabulary from the short story
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Vocabulary from the First Presidential Debate: September 26, 2016
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