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tame

[teym] / teɪm /




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But this is exactly what kids get, and everything else Dudamel conducted over the weekend was, in some ways, tame by comparison.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Nevertheless, cities trying to tame housing costs look to Austin.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

Sparser Fed communication could create a period of larger swings as markets transition to a world where the central bank does less to tame policy uncertainty.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Two weeks ago it was the S&P’s third-cheapest stock measured by price to forward earnings, and it’s still at under 10 times, tame for a highflying stock.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

She wasn’t Sarai here, but this absurd tame phantasm of her mother.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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