temperament
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But the 45-year-old mother of twins, who attend L.A. public schools, is more policy wonk in temperament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Nonetheless, the party is planning to up its social media game, but do so in line with what it sees as its authentic temperament and values.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
But European bison have "a much more difficult and slightly more aggressive temperament".
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Tennis great John McEnroe is hardly known for his mellow temperament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Goliath had a much more excitable, impetuous temperament.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
A key to Mr. Barnes’s books is that in style as well as form he is a hybridizer, able to combine seemingly contrary temperaments into a single writing voice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
"They all had quite different temperaments for different points in the film," she noted.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
Subsequent synthetics display a range of temperaments, from Lance Henriksen’s Bishop, realistic enough to pass for human, to Michael Fassbender’s David 8, the earliest Weyland-Yutani invention to achieve a lifelike version of artificial intelligence.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2025
She adds that "virtual men are different - they have great temperaments, they're just perfect".
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
This made well temperaments particularly welcome for players of difficult-to-tune instruments like the harpsichord and piano.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vocabulary lists containing temperament
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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"The Mixer," Vocabulary from the short story
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Vocabulary from the First Presidential Debate: September 26, 2016
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