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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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In the after-hours, the black faille number styled with a silky lime-green tank top was at once restrained and opulent, just great for a night out.
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Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
In practice, despite his rhetoric, Israel’s longest serving prime minister’s security policy was widely seen as cautious and relatively restrained, even derided as cowardly by political rivals, who also mocked his inability to make decisive moves.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Wickelgren is warm, but restrained and deliberate.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
Miu Miu leaned into tradition, rendering argyle in a restrained palette that nodded to its country club roots.
—Minty Mellon, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
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Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
In practice, despite his rhetoric, Israel’s longest serving prime minister’s security policy was widely seen as cautious and relatively restrained, even derided as cowardly by political rivals, who also mocked his inability to make decisive moves.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Wickelgren is warm, but restrained and deliberate.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
Miu Miu leaned into tradition, rendering argyle in a restrained palette that nodded to its country club roots.
—Minty Mellon, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Restrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restrained. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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