moderated 1 of 2

adjective

as in qualified

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moderated

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verb

past tense of moderate
as in decreased
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually the wind began to moderate as the night wore on

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Recent Examples of moderated
Adjective
The appearance at the Shops at Farmington Valley will feature a moderated conversation and audience Q&A led by Maddie Maske of Bloom Media. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026 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 The authors are scheduled to read from their books and participate in a moderated discussion. — Samantha Hernandez, Des Moines Register, 10 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
Verb
BofA media analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich, who moderated the discussion, interjected her enthusiasm for NBCU at regular intervals during the session. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026 The buzz crystallized on Sunday morning at a post-screening Q&A moderated by yours truly. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 Earlier this year, three male writers—Phil Klay, Sean Thor Conroe, and Daniel Lefferts—gathered at the 92nd Street Y to take part in a panel, moderated by the novelist Andrew Lipstein. — T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026 Related Stories Rebecca Keagan of NBC News moderated the Q&A with Eisenberg, Moore and Giamatti. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026 Brands’ Chief Integrated Marketing Officer, also discussed the findings alongside Parity CEO Leela Srinivasan, historic tennis champion Ilana Kloss and Shaw during a summit panel moderated by Ari Chambers. — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026 This was the first time a Black woman moderated a presidential debate in nearly 30 years. — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026 The forums will be moderated by Cameron Adams, reporter with The Coast News, covering Encinitas and Carlsbad. — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026 It will be moderated by Jessica Tarlov, a co-host of The Five on Fox News. — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moderated
  1. qualified
  2. decreased
  3. eased
  4. subsided
  5. superficial
  6. diminished
  7. shallow
  8. fell
Adjective
  • The answer to our nation’s physician shortage crisis is to fully open the doors to residency for all qualified candidates, not to close the door on those who choose the osteopathic pathway.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Condoleezza Rice Former Secretary of State Rice is simultaneously too qualified for this role and also a little out of left field.
    — Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of qualified
Verb
  • Playing for Brian Daboll, Josh Allen slowly decreased his average time to throw and average air yards from 2018 to 2021.
    — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • In Little Village, the number of vendors selling tamales and elotes has decreased, said Jennifer Aguilar, executive director of the business district’s chamber of commerce.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of decreased
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
Definition of eased
Verb
  • By the time the panic subsided, roughly 70% of the world’s grocery stores had run out of toilet paper at some point.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Though impending rainstorms are likely to make rescue operations more difficult, officials say a previous threat from a lake that had formed on the border between Nepal and Tibet has substantially subsided.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of subsided
Adjective
  • On a superficial level, his plays, built around the emotional lives of his characters, can come off as a throwback to traditional realism.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Considered from one angle, the movie is superficial and conventional, zipping heedlessly between the characters without fretting about point of view, creating scenes that don’t so much illuminate characters as simply push the story along.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of superficial
Verb
  • Beyond that, sharpening a feel for when the initial danger has diminished should help the quarterback find a little extra time and space to reset and attack.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Foreign central banks and other institutions looking for a safe place to park their capital have diminished roles in the Treasury market and have increasingly turned to alternative havens like gold.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of diminished
Adjective
  • Passengers were helped into smaller boats that took them to shallow water, and body bags were laid out at what looked like a port.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Have Bowers in a shallow league (8-man) and can swap Kittle, Juwan Johnson, or Likely.
    — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of shallow
Verb
  • The goal came after Furuhashi got loose on a breakaway up the middle of the pitch, only to be felled by New England’s Will Sands in the center of the box, leaving referee Drew Fischer with an easy penalty call.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Mosaic terrazzo floors with a palm motif are nods to both Tiberius’s villas here and the Ethiopian palm that once stood like an icon outside the hotel, which was felled by a storm in the 1960s.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of fell

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“Moderated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderated. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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