restraint
Example Sentences
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Americans’ monthlong exercises in restraint have been known to affect sales of everything from razors in November to alcohol at the beginning of the year and snacks as some take on a one-month sugar detox.
Meanwhile, U.S. allies in the Middle East urged restraint, fearing a massive retaliation from Iran for which they were unprepared.
If authorities showed restraint, the protest would continue.
“These statements were lies,” Zapata Rivera alleges in an ongoing civil rights lawsuit he filed against the ICE agent who used the carotid restraint.
From Salon
While OPEC+ output restraint and China’s strategic stockpiling may support prices, developments in Venezuela are likely to generate only short-lived volatility with little near-term impact on global supply and demand, he says.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
