as in restraint
the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others
students in the class should show some generosity and refrainment when critiquing the work of their fellow photographers
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Some voices, such as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, have urged restraint against rushing to defer to Israel’s efforts—putting leading leftists in an odd confluence with folks like Carlson and former Trump counselor Steve Bannon.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
17 June 2025 -
While members called for restraint and diplomacy, divisions remain.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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This kind of discipline builds clarity, momentum and trust.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The prompt-a-thon process reframes prompting as a high-impact diagnostic and design discipline—engineered for fast, actionable insight.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
23 June 2025
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Human rights groups have also warned that near-total internet blackouts across Iran can be used as a tool of repression, blocking the population from sharing information with the outside world.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
25 June 2025
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Decades of repression, economic mismanagement and growing legitimacy crises have left the regime weakened at home.—
Pegah Banihashemi,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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For how much their environment (interactions with people) impacted them, men showed more inhibition than women.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Its ability to lower inhibitions and amplify emotions can turn minor arguments into serious, sometimes dangerous conflicts.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Mercury News,
29 May 2025
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The chairman said the operation included deception and suppression tactics to ensure the safety of the U.S. aircraft.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
22 June 2025
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Now, the group has a new exhibition opening Sunday at the San Diego Central Library that’s an expansion of the resistance to censorship that includes not just books and public libraries, but all areas of the suppression of ideas and art.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2025
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