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temperance

[tem-per-uhns, tem-pruhns] / ˈtɛm pər əns, ˈtɛm prəns /


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"Edinburgh was more the intellectual city in Scotland and the temperance movement went alongside the more industrial areas."

From BBC Dec. 29, 2025

Some temperance is overdue in the AI space.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

Early Free Methodists were active in the temperance and abolitionist movements.

From Seattle Times Feb. 22, 2024

Our affect becomes less impacted by the precarity of external events and instead, we can concentrate on cultivating certain virtues like wisdom, courage, justice and temperance.

From Salon Jan. 30, 2024

But by aligning herself with the temperance movement, Anthony gained some new enemies—in the powerful liquor lobby, which now linked the women’s vote with a threat to their industry.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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