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We could rearrange the portfolios differently to tamp down the risk, selecting companies that are not projected to grow so quickly, but the current market environment justifies the risk — and will reward it.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

They are expected to provide clarity and tamp down unwarranted panic, not stoke conspiracy theories.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

The proposed changes pertain to a 2023 rule designed to tamp down NOx -- shorthand for nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide -- from truck tailpipes, beginning with model year 2027.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Regulators, including the central bank, have expressed alarm and are looking for other ways to tamp down speculation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Our decision to let Barack’s career proceed as it had—to give him the freedom to shape and pursue his dreams—led me to tamp down my own efforts at work.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

When I exclaim aloud at this huge number, he tamps down my amazement: “No, no. There’s so much left—90% of this music is still unrecovered, unknown.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

“Seeing all the results tamps down their unrealistic expectations,” he said, as they conclude for themselves that they need to rethink their retirement timetable.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2025

On “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” she deliberately tamps down some pop expectations while she warily embraces others.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2024

Before he steps in the box for each at-bat, Kelenic takes the end of his Victus bat and tamps a small indentation out in front of the center of the plate.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2023

After he’s blasted out a hole big enough for a terminal tunnel he jabs in a hunk of cotton soaked with sulphuric acid, and then tamps down the concrete.

From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Ford, Sewell

Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, for his part, has emphasized that inflation must be tamped down, but he has declined to specify how exactly the central bank is likely to handle stubborn price increases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Sales more than likely will be tamped down by selling days lost to the snowstorm, lingering store closures, supply-chain delays, and shoppers riding out the frigid temperatures at home.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

Also, experts say that last week’s rain tamped down the threat of fire, at least temporarily.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025

By the end of the day, they had tamped down concerns about immediate violence and created a plan of action.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025

The trip to Missouri was much more comfortable than it had been previously, tamped by little red feet.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Travel + Leisure’s executives spent much of their investor call last week tamping down concerns about consumer wariness and creditworthiness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

That can work its way into the housing market by shrinking buyers’ budgets and tamping down on home-price growth.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

Interventionists are still doing what they’ve always done: preventing retaliatory violence by tamping down rumors and connecting gang members with social services — all while grappling with the traumas of their past lives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2024

Another is tamping down the expression of PKA.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024

Even confronted with that, there are still doctors in the audience who don't believe that the tamping iron went through Phineas's brain.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman