subdue
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China achieved a historic trade surplus of $1.2 trillion last year -- a key strong spot as consumer sentiment at home remained subdued.
From Barron's
However, a rate reduction is a possibility due to subdued growth and recent strength in the Mexican peso, they said.
Venetian painting of the Renaissance is richly, radiantly colored, mainly because it is oil-based, unlike the Florentines’ water-based tempera, which yields a more chromatically subdued result.
In a report accompanying the EPC statistics, the government pointed to the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast of a continued decrease in completed homes because of "recent subdued housing starts".
From BBC
Meanwhile, automakers are still digesting chip inventories they built at the height of the pandemic, meaning that demand for semiconductors from the sector has remained subdued in recent years.
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