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temperament

[tem-per-uh-muhnt, -pruh-muhnt, -per-muhnt] / ˈtɛm pər ə mənt, -prə mənt, -pər mənt /


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McDermott, at the time, described Connor as a "game-breaker" and played down concerns over his temperament, saying: "I think the rhetoric and the narrative around Jake was tremendously unfair."

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Hand him a first-class ticket to any conflict zone on Earth and his diplomatic temperament would ease tensions that have long bedeviled U.N. envoys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Although his extraordinary Wimbledon performance was unexpected, it feels he has the temperament to take the new experiences it has brought in his stride.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

In terms of temperament, what stood out, considering the context of our conversations, was how mild-mannered he seemed.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

She said it as if living in Winston-Salem automatically signified an artistic temperament.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Without sense, it could be a myopic rumination on climate change mixed with a treacly buddy comedy, where two opposing temperaments clash into a discordant, aggravating mess.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

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

Everything is just a little more obvious, including the two American sound guys bearing the brunt of the artistic temperaments running riot in the studio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

"They all had quite different temperaments for different points in the film," she noted.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 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




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