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“Seeing all the results tamps down their unrealistic expectations,” he said, as they conclude for themselves that they need to rethink their retirement timetable.

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She misses easy access to self-checkout and hopes it will return soon, but they understand the need to tamp down on theft in the city.

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“Bicarb,” as runners call it, has long been known to help tamp down the painful physiological effects of intense effort.

When smartphones became ubiquitous, I assumed it would tamp down on public misbehavior, because cameras would be everywhere, and nobody would want to get caught and shamed.

Mobile-order pickup queues are being better sectioned off, an effort to tamp down on crowding and confusion.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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