tame
Example Sentences
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In 2023, it raised its key policy rate by 25 basis points in to tame inflation.
At that time, the ECB faced fierce criticism for failing to hike borrowing costs quickly enough to tame runaway price rises.
From Barron's
Inflation has been relatively tame so far this year, with the consumer price index rising 2.4% on an annual basis in each of the past two months.
From Barron's
The era of stagflation put millions of people out of work, especially after the Fed jacked up a key interest rate to double digits to try to tame rapidly rising prices.
From MarketWatch
Cities are squalid crime hives that need to be tamed or abandoned in the Sheridanverse, whereas small towns and Western vistas are quaint canvases fertile with possibility.
From Salon
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