tempering

verb

Definition of temperingnext
present participle of temper
1
as in annealing

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2
as in softening

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tempering
  1. annealing
  2. softening
  3. hardening
  4. moderating
  5. mitigating
  6. alleviating
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  • Recent reports highlight work by Chinese researchers at a laboratory at Shanghai University’s School of Communication and Information Engineering who have used quantum annealing hardware to factor larger integers than previously accomplished using this method.
    Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Traditional algorithms explore every possible path across this terrain, requiring the ball to repeatedly climb up and down, similar to the temperature changes during annealing, reported SCMP.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of annealing
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  • Manufacturing and services sector surveys have pointed to slower hiring, while Fed Chair Jerome Powell earlier this week characterized the labor market as solid but softening.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Next, as the cheese reaches the temperature of water from a hot tap, the proteins within it start losing water, shrinking and softening.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of softening
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  • However, safety and protection do not need to be obtained through hardening your outer shell and isolation.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Wait until temperatures have warmed to at least 50°F, then begin hardening your plant off gradually.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of hardening
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  • That said, economists do not expect any significant deviation from our current low unemployment, solid GDP growth, and moderating inflation.
    John T. Harvey, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Tuesday morning began with a mixture of economic news that showed prices moderating further but a higher than forecast number of job openings in the most recent JOLTs report.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of moderating
Verb
  • The Secret Service is mitigating that threat with stage enhancements, rows of farm vehicles parked around the rally site and bulletproof glass, according to the sources.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • However, there are other ways of mitigating that.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of mitigating
Verb
  • Another approach to alleviating the potential of burnout is to create a positive workplace.
    Wayne Elsey, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Como Ball also hopes to implement baseball camps during the day next year to provide more opportunities to kids in the area while also alleviating the stress of finding child care for parents, Klinge said.
    Maddie Robinson, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of alleviating
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