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as in annealing
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as in softening
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tempering
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The system will form the backbone of a long-term partnership between FAU and D-Wave, which provides both annealing and gate-model quantum computing platforms.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026 -
Engineers sparingly tried annealing hardware space, so Juno's experience could be instructive for future missions.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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To descend the stairs into Marcel, the new French-continental restaurant on the lower level of the Breuer building, on Madison Avenue, is to watch a brutalist masterpiece surrender, with a kind of gracious compliance, to the softening influence of a great deal of money.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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Combined with higher interest rates on pause (and the potential for them to be hiked higher later this year), softening wages and household debt at a record high, this week's news underscores the importance of storing your money in safe and profitable places.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Beyond hardening technical defenses, companies operating in the AI age need to examine a wide range of practices, say industry experts, updating the way software patches are deployed and rebuilding the human layer of security.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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This will keep gloves from hardening and extend their life.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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The optimism that Blanche would be a moderating force, though, seems to have underestimated the corrupting power of ambition.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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Far from moderating political passions, Freneau stoked hatred of his political rivals, the Federalists, and their leader, Alexander Hamilton, even publishing an anti-Semitic poem comparing Hamilton’s work at the Treasury Department to that of Jewish moneylenders.—
Jeffrey Rosen,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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The tender side of Strout is her hopefulness—and that may be toughening up.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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In the nineties, hip-hop was toughening up the sound of American popular music; Jackson, fey and theatrical, seemed increasingly distant from the cultural mainstream.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Get bangs like no other and still avoid bulk with the help of lightening layers.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
16 June 2026
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Not the irony of having a skin-lightening condition (or predilection) while singlehandedly Blackening up the portals of pop music by integrating a music video network that upheld America's racist standard of (in)visibility.—
Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
3 June 2026
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In either case, being proactive — whether by making home improvements or mitigating the risk of home damage — can make a difference.—
Becca Stanek,
TheWeek,
15 June 2026
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The guidance also looks to guard against viral rumors by mitigating the flow of incorrect information.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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The free meals program, costing about 268 trillion rupiah ($15 billion) for this year alone, is aimed at alleviating poverty and malnutrition but Prabowo recently fired the head of the program amid a massive graft probe.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Those who have worked on the issue say immigration policy can play a crucial role in alleviating the lack of physicians if the White House or Congress chooses to take positive steps.—
Stuart Anderson,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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“Tempering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempering. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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