as in tempered
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as in hardened
to make stronger (as through hardship)
She was annealed by the tragedies of her childhood.
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His comments are in stark contrast to some of the more tempered statements corporate CEOs have made about AI replacing human employees.
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Councilmember Jose Preciado took a more tempered view on the state’s position, and said the financing question should be separated from broader concerns about the project’s design.
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She’s hardened, and these two young people from culinary school, Carmy and Sydney, threaten more loss in this family.
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If Socrates is the intellectual hero of the ancient world, and Jesus the spiritual hero, Odysseus—hardened, brutal, grief-struck, determined to reclaim his home—is the human hero, the whole man.
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Two of the true veteran players on the Dolphins squad, linebacker Josh Uche and tight end Greg Dulcich, have also brought a more seasoned approach.
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Stranger Things was sci-fi with kids; The Boroughs was sci-fi with seasoned adults.
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That’s because a relationship isn’t strengthened by self-erasure.
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Italy’s triumph over Czechoslovakia in the 1934 final which strengthened the regime of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, for example.
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The ties between Oakland’s Southern transplants and barbecue was reinforced when White was cleaning the home of a great aunt who had just passed away.
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For Edwards, the reaction reinforced why authentic storytelling matters more than ever, especially in her field of work.
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All of this while new AHL Hartford coach Jay Leach and a changing development staff increasingly shape a prospect pool that’s fortified by the team’s most consequential draft class in at least six years.
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“Annealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annealed. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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