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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

Sirianni has had several sideline temper tantrums, including one Sept. 28 after Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was called for intentional grounding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

"That's where I started to lose my temper," Cohen told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Mr. Douglas was blessed to have a mother whose tenderness helped to compensate for the temper of his father, the movie star Kirk Douglas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Mamá tried to control her temper by closing her eyes and taking a deep breath.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Erin Keating, Executive Analyst, Cox Automotive, says, “Affordability pressures are pushing more buyers toward lower-priced vehicles and segments, which tempers the industrywide number even as prices for individual vehicles rise.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“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

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

A lesser preparation this time around tempers enthusiasm, as does the record of horses that have failed to complete on previous attempts in this race.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

At Ernest Burkhart’s trial, tempers could no longer be contained.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

“We saw gas pop higher late on Friday on news around the impacts from the storm, but much of that support has tempered back out,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

He was tested, tempered, and tried before he was deemed fit to rule.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Compared with the plain molded pottery widely used in the area, the decorated vessels were made with different clay, tempering materials, and production methods.

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

Because faced with those competing truths, Hochman could have used prosecutorial discretion — the art of tempering the law with the mores and ethics of the community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 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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