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temper

noun as in calmness

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The judge said: "You stabbed Harry because you lost your temper with him and you acted like a big man in front of your friends."

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The prospect of a resumption of operations in the world's biggest economy helped temper lingering worries about extended tech valuations amid talk of an AI bubble following this year's eye-watering rally.

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Dobrynin walked into Bobby Kennedy’s office at the Justice Department thirty minutes later, bracing for an outburst of Bobby’s famous temper.

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They were burly beasts, with long fur and short tempers.

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Meanwhile, last week’s U.S.-China trade truce lifted demand sentiment, though optimism has been tempered by a private survey of manufacturing activity in China showing a greater-than-expected fall in October, ANZ says.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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