subdued
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Subdued sales activity was weighed by a nine-day Lunar New Year holiday and cooling consumer demand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
“U.S. is Subdued Again by Davy,” Life, April 25, 1955.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2023
Luce, 50, is a luthier who helps organize the Subdued Stringband Jamboree held in August at the Deming Logging Show grounds.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023
"Subdued client demand both domestically and internationally were central to the latest deterioration and contributed to a solid reduction in new orders."
From Reuters • May 2, 2023
Subdued, resigned, Papa’s life—all our lives— took on a pattern that would hold for the duration of the war.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
Vocabulary lists containing subdued
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 6
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