restraint
Example Sentences
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Shin said “a convincing case could certainly have been made even for raising rates at this meeting,” with uncertainty around the Middle East the main reason for restraint.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
But it’s now clear that once you abandon all restraint and say the ends justify the means, even if there’s an argument for it, the whole legal edifice crumbles.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
"However, this is a time for calm and restraint," he said, adding that violence would not protect Nigerians abroad and "would only create additional crises".
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Fed Governor Michelle Bowman said reacting to temporary energy-price inflation would add unwarranted policy restraint.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Was their restraint a strategy to exhaust the volunteers?
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing restraint
Theodore Roosevelt on "New Nationalism" (1910)
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Excerpts from "Jacobson v. Massachusetts"
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Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 4
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