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verb

past tense of moderate

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Recent Examples of moderated
Adjective
Each headliner will participate in a 45-minute moderated conversation followed by a book signing. Maya Santiago, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 In the months after the new law went into effect, the LGBTQIA+ youth organization Minus18 opened a free, moderated community for under-16s and saw a 303% surge in requests to join. Ravi Iyer, Time, 18 July 2026 Following the episode, the pair will participate in a moderated Q&A in front of a theatre full of fans. Katie Campione, Deadline, 16 July 2026 Stu Sjouwerman is co-founder and CEO of ReadingMinds, a pioneering AI-moderated interview platform for conducting sentiment analysis. Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 In New Orleans, Cardi B speaks during a moderated conversation at the ESSENCE Festival of Culture ahead of her performance. Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026 Thankfully for Sacramento and the Delta region, a nice and steady Delta breeze will keep the area a bit more moderated, with high temps in the low- to mid-90s between Monday and Thursday. Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 22 June 2026 Key Takeaways An egg salad sandwich on white bread produces a moderated peak in blood sugar. Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 16 June 2026 The married duo will be on hand for a moderated conversation. Carole Horst, Variety, 10 June 2026
Verb
The debate, hosted at The Sacramento Bee, was moderated by opinion columnist Tom Philp, political reporter Mathew Miranda and Marcos Bretón, director of community outreach and opinion journalism. Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Rich Thau, the president of Engagious, moderated both focus groups Tuesday. Ashley Lopez, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026 Pay-what-you-can meetings will be moderated by editors and special guests. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026 Inflation surged in the spring and has moderated in recent months but remains too high for some officials’ comfort. Rachel Barber, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 Her Thursday conversation was moderated by Olivier Père, the former artistic director of the Locarno festival and now executive director of ARTE France Cinéma and head of its cinema unit since 2012. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026 The pair’s conversation, which was moderated by artist Robert Vargas, will be shared on YouTube in a few weeks’ time. Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026 Roxie screening on Sunday will be followed by a Q&A moderated by oceanographer Sylvia Earle. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2026 In the past few months, growth in prescriptions for GLP-1 drugs for weight loss have moderated, according to Cigna chief executive officer Brian Evanko. Ed Silverman, STAT, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moderated
Adjective
  • William Byron qualified third, followed by Denny Hamlin and Shane van Gisbergen.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The district says two of the students qualified to participate in the National Championships in Austin, Texas.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In the decade between 2026 and 2016, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the hours men spend on household activities have fractionally increased, while the hours carried out by women have slightly decreased.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • This number has decreased since 2015, when nearly 20% of Connecticut adults used tobacco products.
    Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Real estate developers are already cautiously planning to take advantage of the eased regulations and plan to announce new projects after the law goes into effect.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • Despite the eased restrictions, Rader is still only allowed out of his 8-foot-by-10-foot cell for one hour a day, five days a week.
    Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Washington and Tehran agreed in June to a 60-day ceasefire, allowing time to negotiate a more durable peace deal while active fighting subsided and the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The changes appeared shortly after astronauts entered space and largely subsided within days of their return to Earth, providing biochemical evidence that digestion slows in space.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Without that foundation, increasingly sophisticated tools may simply scale superficial thinking.
    Connie Etemadi, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Without that foundation, AI initiatives risk becoming superficial overlays on legacy infrastructure not designed to support them.
    William Jones, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The term refers to when tobacco companies in the 1990s were forced to pay billions of dollars for misleading the public about the safety and potential harms of their products, and subsequently saw their power and influence dramatically diminished.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
  • But the likelihood of finding more survivors has diminished sharply since the first 72 hours after the earthquake.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Last year, the park said the plane now rests at shallower depths that do not require technical dive expertise.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Doubters in shallow formats, however, are sure to suffer an unwanted sting.
    Brad Evans, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Mixed Pro Doubles Recap Roos van Reek & Jack Munro stayed out of trouble and avoided the early knockout round upsets that be felled many of the other top seeds to claim the Mixed title and guarantee the double-double for themselves on the weekend.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The storm felled trees and power lines and caused serious flooding that swept some 100 homes from their foundations on the Big Island, authorities said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

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“Moderated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderated. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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