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temper

[tem-per] / ˈtɛm pər /








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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

"That's where I started to lose my temper," Cohen told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Ditka wasn’t immediately welcomed back to the Bears as a coach, with his temper a source of strain between him and the owners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Mr. Douglas was blessed to have a mother whose tenderness helped to compensate for the temper of his father, the movie star Kirk Douglas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nhamo’s spirit had to be kept very busy to keep her from losing her temper.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

It’s not like furniture or jewelry or cars; it comes entangled with thin skins, volatile tempers, melodrama galore—our whole business model is built on emotion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

"The baggage hall was the worst and they're very lucky that there wasn't any sort of incident as tempers frayed and the concourse was getting hotter."

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

“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

This mix tempers volatility more than an all-equity portfolio.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

The meeting adjourned with tempers still hot and both sides feeling absolute in the rightness of their position.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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

“We saw gas pop higher late on Friday on news around the impacts from the storm, but much of that support has tempered back out,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday as a tech-led record on Wall Street was tempered by ongoing worries about a spike in government borrowing costs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

If he had not gone to Aemon about Sam Tarly, Chett would still be tending an old blind man instead of a pack of ill- tempered hunting hounds.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

Jefferson and Williams this week appeared to be tempering those expectations without ruling in or out any particular decision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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

"I'll see what I can do," says Herr Butterman, a bittersweet smile tempering the excitement he wore when he made the announcement.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper


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