restrainedly

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Adverb
  • Timing is everything and the timeline on those players doesn’t line up with when Vancouver can reasonably expect to build an entirely new core.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Hauser is reasonably paid for a rotation staple who started 49 games this season, but there is a substantial gap between his price tag and the rookie-contract salaries of Boston’s reserve wings.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026
Adverb
  • Golf is a moderately expensive hobby that 29 million Americans play, with the average golfer spending $2,250 a year to chase a little ball around in the grass.
    Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 9 May 2026
  • Rosemary prefers moderately fertile, well-draining soil and light watering.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 May 2026
Adverb
  • Pratt framed both Bass and Raman as representatives of a failing City Hall leadership, arguing Los Angeles had become increasingly unsafe, unaffordable and poorly managed under current leadership.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 7 May 2026
  • Walgreens was performing poorly financially and then-CEO Tim Wentworth decided the giant pharmacy chain needed to close many hundreds — maybe more than 1,000 — of its money-losing stores around the country.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Adverb
  • On a recent podcast, Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said this is false, that the reorganization is about prudently stewarding taxpayer dollars, not dismantling the agency.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Analysts also think CoreWeave is financing its massive capex plans prudently.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • The bill is identical to what the Senate passed but the House sensibly refused to consider during this year’s regular session.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The bill is identical to what the Senate passed but the House sensibly refused to consider during this year’s regular session.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • The only responsible approach to managing the state’s budget is to do so conservatively.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • The analyst has now conservatively moved his 2027 EPS estimate to $34.
    TipRanks.com Staff, CNBC, 3 May 2026
Adverb
  • The city needs to work on creating more economically balanced communities by ensuring a variety of housing types affordable to people of all income levels is provided throughout the city.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • That could be influential because of how closely tied Iran is to China economically and politically.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Adverb
  • Builders can’t build cheaply enough to generate the loan sizes that fall through the cracks of the mortgage system.
    Jake Angelo, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
  • But the fact that countries hold their wealth in United States dollars, which allows the United States government to borrow more cheaply, that’s a product of the system.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Restrainedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restrainedly. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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