temper
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His illness may indeed be affecting his ability to temper his emotions or communicate as he once did.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
She alienated others with a waspish temper, an unwillingness to forgive even small slights and inattention to some of the details that make a union work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
"That's where I started to lose my temper," Cohen told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Softer energy prices could temper inflation concerns and ease pressure on yields, providing some support to gold, Infinox’s Thadeu Dos Santos says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Baba had never lost his temper with Neel or his sister, but there was a first for everything.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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“A loss of the incumbent’s trifecta tempers fiscal expectations, leading to a post-election rally in Treasuries,” the strategists wrote in a recent note.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
The summer break, Roberts has said, is the time when tempers cool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
"Their last meeting is what calmed tempers," she said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
A lesser preparation this time around tempers enthusiasm, as does the record of horses that have failed to complete on previous attempts in this race.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
At the workroom tempers were short because of the heat.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
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Gold’s losses have been tempered by central-bank buying and strong demand for gold exchange-traded funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
However, downward pressure on the futures is likely to be tempered by ongoing tensions in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
But just as often, these turn out to be children’s fantasies — wide-eyed dreams of imaginary futures, tempered by real life.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Every grog tempered vessel examined by the researchers contained what is known as multigenerational grog, in which one fragment of grog contains an even older piece of grog inside it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
But despite knowing for many years that this day would eventually come, and having done everything within her power to bring it about, the victory she savored as the memo circulated was tempered with disappointment.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Tech firms diverged Thursday with a mixed bag of results for some of the AI sector's big beasts tempering the recent spurt of optimism amid growing anxiety about companies' investment and debt.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
"But up in the Tallahassee Hills, where the nearest massive Mississippian mound center is located, it's common in all vessels. It's the plain-Jane tempering technique there."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
At his July press conference, Warsh acknowledged public frustration with price pressures while tempering expectations that the central bank could compress the timeline by which inflation would fall to its 2% goal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Starr's stunning, retro-futuristic look has gone viral, inspiring dozens of copycats, and tempering at least some of the criticism of her new direction.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Silly and inconsequential as all of this was, drawing had always been a tempering balm.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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