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adjective

as in tempered

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verb

past tense of anneal
as in hardened
to make stronger (as through hardship) She was annealed by the tragedies of her childhood.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annealed
  1. tempered
  2. hardened
  3. seasoned
  4. strengthened
  5. reinforced
  6. fortified
Adjective
  • His comments are in stark contrast to some of the more tempered statements corporate CEOs have made about AI replacing human employees.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • 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.
    — Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
Definition of tempered
Verb
  • Project Mu, Microsoft’s hardened EDK2 fork, used the code containing the vulnerable component as well.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The building materials are fire-resistant, as are the windows, and the eaves are fire-hardened as well.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of hardened
Adjective
  • With seasoned employees heading into retirement, many executives are counting on AI to preserve the knowledge those workers take with them.
    — Steve Cangiano, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Foxx is already a seasoned father with two adult daughters, ages 32 and 18.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of seasoned
Verb
  • Their partnerships across Jewish, Asian American, immigrant, and other communities supported Sam Sutton’s historic election as New York’s first Sephardic Jewish state senator and strengthened the coalition behind our victories this week.
    — Joey Saban, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Congressional oversight has strengthened the democratic system at many points.
    — Gibbs Knotts, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of strengthened
Verb
  • Our work on leadership and technology in sport, including our intention to create a future book on that subject, has reinforced our interest in this question.
    — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • On the one hand, this shows just how strongly officers accept the principle of civilian control—a posture reinforced precisely because Hegseth has proved willing to punish even unsupported allegations of military insubordination.
    — Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of reinforced
Verb
  • Speaking of actives, the formula is also fortified with a triple peptide blend to tighten and firm, kakadu plum and caffeine extract to brighten, and marine extracts to target crepiness.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The Thunder also have a 21-pick stockpile of second-rounders that was fortified via the Dort, Wiggins and Joe trades.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of fortified
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