as in to temper
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The state will release its own ZEV sales update at the end of the month, but regulators sought to temper the report’s numbers.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2025 -
In a story of how deep trauma can be tempered by kindness and resilience, these children carried on.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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Workable quantum solutions that make use of annealing systems are now in use.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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These services provide access to advanced quantum computing technologies, including annealing quantum computers with over 5,000 qubits and quantum-classical hybrid solvers capable of tackling complex problems involving up to one million variables.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
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The show’s title—partly inspired by Elizabeth Alexander’s poetry collection of the same name—crystallizes that intention.—
Juliana Ukiomogbe,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2025
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That moment is crystallized for him in episode 15, based on the events from episode 12 on, the mass-casualty event.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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He was petrified by the thought of dying of cancer or some other disease whose senselessness disgusted him.—
Ian Buruma,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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Medusa was known in ancient Greece for petrifying anyone who dared to look her in the eye, and has been seen as a personification of madness.—
Sarah Belmont,
ARTnews.com,
17 Dec. 2024
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“Case-harden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/case-harden. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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