tempered
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The firm bought big stakes in United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta and Southwest Airlines in 2016, betting that consolidation had tempered the industry’s tendency for bruising fare wars that squeezed profits.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Now that bets for cuts have tempered, investors are seeing yields bundle together, or at times surpass, the EFFR.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
But expectations were soon tempered by the US president himself.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Not only has a slew of HR complaints tempered her icy remarks, but slashed budgets and declining readership have forced her hand.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
A man so despised, so foul tempered, so robotically inflexible that on the last Let’s see what kind.”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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