temper
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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
She alienated others with a waspish temper, an unwillingness to forgive even small slights and inattention to some of the details that make a union work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
"That's where I started to lose my temper," Cohen told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Several decorated fragments contained grog, the crushed pottery temper associated with some Mississippian traditions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
I had to find a way to answer that inquiry without compromising my heart’s resolution, while avoiding the temper of a daddy who would not appreciate anything sounding close-to-rude.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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A dovish tilt that tempers rate-hike expectations would weigh on the greenback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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
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
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Lu of Australian National University said China successfully tempered excess capacity in its steel and aluminum industries in the 2010s, but cars were a harder nut to crack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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
Crude futures recovered from early losses and settled fractionally higher with market optimism about increased shipments out of the Middle East tempered by continued conflict risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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
But my good news was tempered by a bittersweet reality.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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Tech firms diverged Thursday with a mixed bag of results for some of the AI sector's big beasts tempering the recent spurt of optimism amid growing anxiety about companies' investment and debt.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
"But up in the Tallahassee Hills, where the nearest massive Mississippian mound center is located, it's common in all vessels. It's the plain-Jane tempering technique there."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Jefferson and Williams this week appeared to be tempering those expectations without ruling in or out any particular decision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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
Silly and inconsequential as all of this was, drawing had always been a tempering balm.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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