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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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"The resignation is definitely a surprise, because it is not in Mr. Modi's temperament to take a back step," analyst Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, who has written Modi's biography, told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

“What am I really moving toward that aligns with my values and temperament? We need to have a concrete version of that so we can find something that’s a better fit.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

And this is not simply a special talent, it is a special talent with a special temperament.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

A renovated front office led by Leon Rose smartly assembled a roster around his style and temperament, even grabbing a few of Brunson’s favorite Villanova teammates.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

By temperament, he was suspicious of anything that smacked of novelty and modishness.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

“There was so much to fish because it was a big family, and big families hide a lot of stories and have so many temperaments and colors,” Delpero says.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 7, 2025

The materials for this story are taken from two poets, the Greek Aeschylus and the Roman Ovid, separated from each other by four hundred and fifty years and still more by their gifts and temperaments.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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