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temper

[tem-per] / ˈtɛm pər /








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His illness may indeed be affecting his ability to temper his emotions or communicate as he once did.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Ditka wasn’t immediately welcomed back to the Bears as a coach, with his temper a source of strain between him and the owners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Several decorated fragments contained grog, the crushed pottery temper associated with some Mississippian traditions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Panic attacks, freezing in crowds of people, quick temper," Gershkovich, 34, said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

And for twelve years, I’ve done a great job of keeping track of my temper.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

“A loss of the incumbent’s trifecta tempers fiscal expectations, leading to a post-election rally in Treasuries,” the strategists wrote in a recent note.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

The summer break, Roberts has said, is the time when tempers cool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

"Their last meeting is what calmed tempers," she said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

He also says Australia's voting system tempers the party's success.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

After all, didn’t Grandfather champion their wild tempers, and wasn’t Grandmother a near-white woman with police pull?

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

However, “renewed Middle East tensions tempered risk sentiment,” the analysts add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

But just as often, these turn out to be children’s fantasies — wide-eyed dreams of imaginary futures, tempered by real life.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

Every grog tempered vessel examined by the researchers contained what is known as multigenerational grog, in which one fragment of grog contains an even older piece of grog inside it.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday as a tech-led record on Wall Street was tempered by ongoing worries about a spike in government borrowing costs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

They, too, like the hillside jungle, were tumultuous with evening, but from the remote height turned to stillness, their fierceness tempered by the air that lay between.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

"This grog tempering is not something that we saw previously or in the plain samples in Tampa Bay," Duke said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

At his July press conference, Warsh acknowledged public frustration with price pressures while tempering expectations that the central bank could compress the timeline by which inflation would fall to its 2% goal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Starr's stunning, retro-futuristic look has gone viral, inspiring dozens of copycats, and tempering at least some of the criticism of her new direction.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Annual monsoon rains are now sweeping north, with early storms tempering the blistering heat -- but also sending humidity shooting up.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

He liked traveling so much he wanted to get started early, and early for Charley is the first tempering of darkness with the dawn.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck


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