tempered
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A plea and sentence hearing is now scheduled to take place on 29 June but judge Paul Ramsey KC said this was tempered by the potential ongoing impacts of the strike.
From BBC • May 11, 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
His tempered stance reflects in part the uncertainty hanging over energy markets.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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
It could be beaten like copper, and polished like glass; and the Dwarves could make of it a metal, light and yet harder than tempered steel.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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