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as in temperateness
an avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits
my father attributes his ripe old age to temperance in all things, especially eating and drinking
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as in abstinence
voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites
practices a blue-blooded temperance that his parvenu neighbors will never understand
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Recent Examples of temperance
Hartley connected his temperance and milk crusades in An Essay on Milk from 1842, arguing that milk produced in cities was impure not just because of its adulteration by contaminants like formaldehyde, but also because of its sourcing from urban swill sheds.
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Catherine Long, JSTOR Daily, 17 Jan. 2024
Nowhere is this clearer than in the history of the temperance movement whose advocacy led to Prohibition.
—Elizabeth Marshall / Made By History, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
The temperance look feels like a reaction against a beauty standard drifting away from whiteness; in other words, it is related to the death of Kardashianism, where even the sisters appear to be lightening their tans and slimming their backsides.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
This year’s office Christmas parties, however, are set to do away with the booze and instead become afloat with mocktails and artisanal sodas, as bosses react to their Gen Z staffers’ new urge for temperance.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 8 Oct. 2024
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Catherine Long, JSTOR Daily, 17 Jan. 2024
Nowhere is this clearer than in the history of the temperance movement whose advocacy led to Prohibition.
—Elizabeth Marshall / Made By History, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
The temperance look feels like a reaction against a beauty standard drifting away from whiteness; in other words, it is related to the death of Kardashianism, where even the sisters appear to be lightening their tans and slimming their backsides.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
This year’s office Christmas parties, however, are set to do away with the booze and instead become afloat with mocktails and artisanal sodas, as bosses react to their Gen Z staffers’ new urge for temperance.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temperance
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My abstinence journey started after a difficult breakup around three years ago.Jenna Ryu, SELF, 2 Aug. 2024
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Foster also conducted basketball clinics around the world, speaking about the benefits of abstinence in Uganda at a time when the AIDS epidemic was ravaging the country.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
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The driver will have blood drawn for a sobriety test, which is standard protocol when an automobile accident results in death or serious injury.Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Dec. 2024
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Listen to this article Loading your audio article Newly released bodycam video shows the New Jersey man accused of drunkenly plowing his vehicle into hockey star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, undergoing a field sobriety test before his arrest in August.Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
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The familiar problems with interceptions, lack of discipline and missed kicks keep popping up.Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Adhering to the right process fosters discipline and attentiveness, qualities that enhance your ability to learn and adapt.Joseph Sudhip, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Medical examiners mentioned physical restraint and Tasers, in part, in some of the causes of those deaths.Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
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Use of force In the DOJ investigation released last March, federal officials said LMPD officers used excessive force too often, including unjustified neck restraints and unnecessary use of tasers and police dogs.Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2024
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This includes the five major types: stress incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, overflow incontinence, and functional continence.Jamin Brahmbhatt, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
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Good posture helps maintain continence, support pelvic organs, and reduce back pain.Staci Tanouye, Parents, 29 Aug. 2023
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But the biblical term for self-denial – inui – has another meaning.Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2024
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The Ford Focus Electric, with its appealing, Euro-hatchback lines, lacks the frumpy feel of self-denial often associated with electric cars.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2012
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The audience responds gratefully to this level of self-abnegation, and the frankly chilling sounds that come out of her.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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His self-abnegation proved successful: Trump endorsed him, and Vance won the primary and then the general election.Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
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“Temperance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temperance. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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