as in to temper
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Now voters in District 2 — which stretches from Jack London Square to the south side of Piedmont — have an opportunity to help politically temper the City Council by replacing Bas with someone who takes public safety and budget-balancing seriously.—
East Bay Times editorial,
The Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2025 -
Consumers may enjoy lower prices on natural diamonds in the coming years, and those holding diamonds as assets should temper expectations about value retention or appreciation.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Workable quantum solutions that make use of annealing systems are now in use.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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These services provide access to advanced quantum computing technologies, including annealing quantum computers with over 5,000 qubits and quantum-classical hybrid solvers capable of tackling complex problems involving up to one million variables.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
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Each chapter offers guidance to crystallize an athlete’s focus, creating the type of confident calmness that Citron has been seeking her entire career.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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In response, the Trump administration has been striking a different tone this time around – one crystallized on Sunday by Mr. Trump’s second-in-command.—
Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
11 Feb. 2025
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Some three-dimensional metallic roses grew on their shiny reflective surfaces, with an important symbolism that served as a fit rouge for the entire collection: as fragile objects suddenly petrified, their hardened fragility was the designer’s own.—
Giorgia Feroldi,
Vogue,
1 Mar. 2025
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He was petrified by the thought of dying of cancer or some other disease whose senselessness disgusted him.—
Ian Buruma,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Case-harden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/case-harden. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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