temperament
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In terms of temperament, what stood out, considering the context of our conversations, was how mild-mannered he seemed.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
"Shea has got the attributes to play at the highest level of the game, and the temperament to do so, and that is what you look for as a captain," O'Neill said at the time.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
“What am I really moving toward that aligns with my values and temperament? We need to have a concrete version of that so we can find something that’s a better fit.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
The courtly federal judge John Minor Wisdom of New Orleans, a champion of Deep South desegregation, furnished a model in judicious temperament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
He could neither frighten nor humiliate Fielding, because his temperament would reject all of it without trouble, he would not bring out the worst in Hooper, as Kingshaw himself did.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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But I came to admire him more with age, even as our critical temperaments only further diverged.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Without sense, it could be a myopic rumination on climate change mixed with a treacly buddy comedy, where two opposing temperaments clash into a discordant, aggravating mess.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
A key to Mr. Barnes’s books is that in style as well as form he is a hybridizer, able to combine seemingly contrary temperaments into a single writing voice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
"They all had quite different temperaments for different points in the film," she noted.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
Limbs, torsos, brains, eyes, faces—even temperaments or propensities that were inherited—had to be created anew each time an embryo unfurled into a human fetus.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Vocabulary lists containing temperament
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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"The Mixer," Vocabulary from the short story
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Vocabulary from the First Presidential Debate: September 26, 2016
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