restrained

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The public rhetoric around Taiwan last week remained carefully restrained.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Smith had studied the architects while a student at Hampton University, and has documented on his Instagram their various stylings, which range from restrained to whimsical to ornate.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

“Fiscal policy will be even more restrained than our forecast,” he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Under typical conditions, production of the eIF5A2 protein is restrained by a small regulatory RNA molecule called miR-6514-5p.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

Her condescension, being wholly restrained, was all the more potent.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan