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The removal of more than 200 Confederate monuments in the last half-dozen years is a hopeful sign, but one tempered by knowledge that more than three times as many still stand.

Edmond had a tempered reaction to the rejection, and Kalybriah thanked him for being graceful before the two walked off hand in hand.

Heineken forecast a decline in full-year beer volumes and tempered its earnings expectations, after trade uncertainty and weak consumer confidence hurt demand in the U.S and other markets.

“Those increases in discretionary spending we saw post-Covid have been tempered, and that’s starting to show up in results and stock prices.”

Some extremes of higher tariffs were tempered, thanks to subsequent deals and resets.