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Example Sentences

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Auto Show, and that “fanfare over the electric future was decidedly tamped down.”

From Los Angeles Times

The video was part of a Department of Transportation “civility campaign” that aims to tamp down on in-flight fighting and other “unruly passenger behavior.”

From Los Angeles Times

And when it came to lower-income consumers in particular, they tried to tamp down Wall Street’s concerns.

From MarketWatch

Crystal Mountain has projected bold ideas since the Eisenhower administration, but topographic confines between national park and federal wilderness have tamped down several grandiose visions.

From Seattle Times

This week, Russian officials appeared to try to tamp down concerns that the newest recruits would soon wind up in the fighting.

From New York Times