tame

They managed to "tame" the microbe in the laboratory and make it fix N2 at temperatures above 90 °C.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

That makes it seem so tame, but it’s so, so frightening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Waiting for a tame CPI reading as the rationale for holding, he said, misses what Warsh actually emphasized—that it’s the underlying trend that matters, and the trend is still too high.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

On a ground where he has had plenty of previous success, he muscled the ball through the leg side before he offered a tame return catch to Razaullah.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Eventually, people were so smart that they were able to decipher nature’s secrets, enabling them to tame sheep and cultivate wheat.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

"Opting people in by default is not consent," a user said in one of the tamer responses to Twitch's announcement on X.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

I’ll always prefer Mom’s barbecued chicken, fried chicken and French fries, but I have branched out, trying an array of new, relatively tamer foods, ranging from albacore tuna to zucchini.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

If oil prices remain at current levels — obviously a big if — the read on consumer prices for June could be notably tamer.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

Its energy plan last year unveiled a tamer goal: it wants nuclear power to provide 20% of its electricity needs by 2040.

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026

Stanton recognized their participation as a feminist act, even if the language in the resolutions was tamer than she had wanted.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Probably the tamest of Harbaugh’s regular phrases, the coach’s final words in each pregame speech stick with Pipkins the most.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024

From the lack of snow to the lack of cold, the ongoing winter stands out as one of the tamest in memory in Washington.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023

Cats, by contrast, descend from the fiercely antisocial and territorial Near Eastern wildcat, and they largely domesticated themselves, as the tamest cats began to hang out and hunt rodents in early farming villages.

From Science Magazine ● May 9, 2019

At one of the tamest venues you'll find for a major championship, Mickelson labored to a four-over score, 14 shots back of 36-hole leader Gary Woodland and four shots out of the cut.

From Golf Digest ● Aug. 11, 2018

I think that must have been the tamest interaction of all time.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

“Humility,” Keane argues, “is a vital resource that strengthens the powerless and tames the powerful by questioning their claims to superiority.”

From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2026

“The Lowdown” tames Lee’s mania for his cause through the barely obscured current of hangdog defeat weakly powering his personal life.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025

Also: If you can temporarily assume other tasks for him as he tames his stress, that would be an act of good faith.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2023

Much will depend on whether the Federal Reserve tames inflation, whether the U.S. enters a recession and unpredictable geopolitical events.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2023

It is this arm that guides the plough and that mows the grass, and that tames the wild colt and the fiery bull, and makes them obedient, to drag our carts and chaises.

From Eight Stories for Isabel by Anonymous

A dribble of mignonette barely tamed their muscular salinity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

A New England frontiersman and ‘49er called “Grizzly Adams” — a name we likely know from a 1970s television show — tamed and trained a couple of young grizzlies as his companions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

On a true pitch, small ground and with a lightning outfield, England could not be tamed.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Investors are growing impatient with inflation that looks unlikely to be tamed on its own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

“Thy namesake tamed the desert and sweetened the minds of thy people, didst thou know that? It is in the books.”

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

On top of that, further rate hikes aimed at taming inflation also risk slowing down the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

For Bengio, taming AI's advance is "an international challenge, a bit like nuclear weapons are an international challenge."

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Warsh is expected to use the event to build support for his plans to reduce forward guidance and prioritize taming inflation.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

But taming galloping inflation, reviving consumer demand and creating jobs will take time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

The gardener was clipping away at the bougainvillea, taming the flowers that defiantly stuck out of the leveled top.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie