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She was admired for her restrained behavior.
a restrained style of architecture
The room was decorated with restrained colors.
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Implementing a restrained and tonal palette allows the intersecting lines to feel soft rather than busy.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 25 May 2026
Policymakers in Tallahassee have shown that low taxes, restrained spending, and pro-growth priorities produce tangible benefits for residents.
—Nicole Huyer, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
Conditions varied, but some asylums gained reputations as brutal, overcrowded warehouses where patients were neglected and restrained.
—ABC News, 24 May 2026
Emerging tech firms can play a role in the future of American defense, but that role should be as vendors, supplying technology that is carefully vetted and aligned with a new, more realistic and restrained defense strategy.
—William Hartung, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 25 May 2026
Policymakers in Tallahassee have shown that low taxes, restrained spending, and pro-growth priorities produce tangible benefits for residents.
—Nicole Huyer, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
Conditions varied, but some asylums gained reputations as brutal, overcrowded warehouses where patients were neglected and restrained.
—ABC News, 24 May 2026
Emerging tech firms can play a role in the future of American defense, but that role should be as vendors, supplying technology that is carefully vetted and aligned with a new, more realistic and restrained defense strategy.
—William Hartung, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
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“Restrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restrained. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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