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as in moderate
avoiding extremes in behavior or expression
rather temperate in his appraisal of the movie, calling it good but not great
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as in sunny
marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low
escaped a cold Midwestern winter by vacationing in a more temperate climate down south
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as in ascetic
given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites
a soft-spoken, serious-minded person of temperate habits
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Recent Examples of temperate
The weather in Palermo is generally temperate in winter, with average highs around 50℉, but summers can be brutal, making a case for air-conditioning.
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Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The 2025 edition is being held in a temperate climate in the middle of the European season, where many of the best players are based.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
But Bella Hadid has returned from the (marginally) more temperate Texas with a sartorial plan of action.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
In fact, dolphin are found in ever temperate ocean in the world.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 19 Sep. 2024
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Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
The 2025 edition is being held in a temperate climate in the middle of the European season, where many of the best players are based.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
But Bella Hadid has returned from the (marginally) more temperate Texas with a sartorial plan of action.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
In fact, dolphin are found in ever temperate ocean in the world.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 19 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temperate
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Almost a decade ago, for example, research at my institution and others found in a study of 6,500 women ages 63 to 99 that just 30 minutes of low to moderate physical activity was enough to significantly boost their health.—
Jean Wactawski-Wende,
The Conversation,
2 May 2025
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The driver and 3-year-old also were taken to a hospital, with moderate injuries for the driver and minor injuries for the girl, troopers said.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Maybe not the actual people, who are usually sunny and chipper in contrast to their grisly work, but certainly the actual act of being worked on by one of them.—
Dave Schilling,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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Skies will be mostly sunny with a 20% chance of rain.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2025
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This is especially clear in the contrast between Marcus Luria and his father, the ascetic sage Zalia Ziskind.—
Adam Kirsch,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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While Mathu is an ascetic loner, Malby was a hedonistic womanizer.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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In 2024, China's approach to U.S. tariffs remained relatively restrained.—
Kate Nalepinski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Maybe this will be a rare case of restrained longing.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
9 May 2025
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Other forces besides tariffs also may have contributed to mild inflation last month.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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At that point, Shipley and two deputies flew to Miami to meet with Bezos and Lewis; the paper’s endorsement wasn’t on the agenda, but Bezos expressed mild curiosity about why the paper needed to endorse a candidate at all.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
12 May 2025
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The high waistband provides gentle compression without feeling restrictive and doesn’t dig in during long stretches of sitting.—
Susan Brickell,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2025
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Instead use a gentle blotting technique to draw the stain out of the fabric.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 May 2025
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Some have evolved exceedingly specific diets—diets that would put even the most abstemious human to shame.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The solution offered up by some: the sort of abstemious, low-fat, often vegetarian, diets that had been prescribed as lust-control regimens only decades earlier.—
Rachel Hope Cleves / Made by History,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Baltimore region will be balmy with a chance of thunderstorms most of the weekend and into next week.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
2 May 2025
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Best Time to Visit The best time to visit Anegada is between December and April when clear skies and slightly balmier temps make this the island escape of your Caribbean dreams.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Temperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temperate. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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