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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

This year’s conference will feature a moderated conversation between Obama and Peter Mallouk, the company’s president and chief financial officer. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026 Reynolds previously shared this story during a moderated conversation at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 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

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During the session, moderated by Grace Barber-Plentie, BFI London Film Festival programmer, the star repeatedly drew applause and laughter from an adoring crowd that left the room buzzing about Ackie’s passion and natural charisma. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026 The candidate forum, held on Thursday night in Woodland and moderated by League of Women Voters of Yolo County, was a more confrontational showdown than their debate just one day earlier. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 The panel, which was moderated by the original voice of Korra, Janet Varney, also gave the audience a peak at the making of the series and a special script-to-screen clip. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026 Both sides appeared to have moderated their responses because their bilateral security and business ties are too important to risk, Israeli political scientist Jonathan Rynhold told CBS News on Thursday. — Dov Lieber, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Sourcing Journal climate and labor editor Jasmin Malik Chua moderated the discussion. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026 The town hall included a Q&A session with the two execs, moderated by CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026 Here’s what’s at stake in tonight’s debate, moderated by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for moderated

Adjective

Rubel said because the families are already qualified to have these services provided by a third party, the program should theoretically not cost the state much additional money.

— Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2026
Growers qualified under requirements covering soil health, water use, synthetic inputs, water quality and biodiversity.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of qualified

Verb

Now the prevalence of malaria is around 7%, and deaths of children under five decreased by 78%.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
The definitive study of feedback, Avraham Kluger and Angelo DeNisi’s meta-analysis of 23,663 observations, found that over a third of feedback interventions decreased performance.

— Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 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

But within a couple years, as the pandemic eased and community-police tension subsided, Bolingbrook Police Chief Mike Rompa started using his village purchasing card – known as a p-card – in a different way than others with the same cards.

— Irika Sargent, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, conditions were improving in the tourist destination of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, where residents began resuming normal activities as the rain subsided.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of subsided

Adjective

Tyson is at once scary, funny, personable, distasteful, introspective, superficial, articulate and incoherent.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
Officers arrived at Harrison's room at the Great Wolf Lodge and noticed bleeding cuts on her left wrist and superficial punctures on her neck, the criminal complaint said.

— Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of superficial

Verb

The weather service canceled the flood watch for nearly all the Kansas City forecast area because the threat of additional heavy rain had diminished.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
One can see this when a paint’s color appears diminished and faded.

— Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of diminished

Adjective

Depending on the route, manufacturers can add protective layers and steel-wire armoring to help the cable withstand demanding conditions, particularly in shallower waters where anchors and fishing equipment pose greater risks.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
For all other beaches and harbors, shallow with minor to moderate sea- water flooding will likely impact beaches and walkways, especially with the Sunday morning high tide which could cause local damage to most vulnerable locations such as Venice.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of shallow

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Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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