as in tame
changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans
circus trainers work with tamed tigers and elephants
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as in controlled
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
try to tame your language when you're in front of the kids
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Recent Examples of tamed
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Mar. 2026
While inflation has been tamed from the runaway prices under the previous administration, Munsing said the impacts of the White House’s tariffs are still working their way through the economy.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
Engineers had just tamed the hydrogen leaks and settled on a March 6 launch date — already a month late — when the helium issue arose.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
But this is also an intense dynamic that can be disruptive if not tamed.
—Marie Bladt, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
The Tigers, for now, seem to have tamed the road blues that dogged them previously against Ole Miss, LSU and Alabama.
—Ally Schniepp, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
The playing was professional, but a trumpet was sometimes too loud, and some wind passages could have been tamed a bit.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
Although inflation has been tamed since then, prices are still growing a bit too fast for comfort.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
To that end, Ian spends most of the new film getting blissfully high with a hulking zombie nudist (Chi Lewis-Parry), whom the good doctor has tamed into drugged-out submission and named Samson.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2026
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Penn State researchers have proposed that the fury of a lightning bolt can be tamed, shrunk, and triggered on a lab bench inside a piece of acrylic no bigger than a deck of cards.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Mar. 2026
While inflation has been tamed from the runaway prices under the previous administration, Munsing said the impacts of the White House’s tariffs are still working their way through the economy.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
Engineers had just tamed the hydrogen leaks and settled on a March 6 launch date — already a month late — when the helium issue arose.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
But this is also an intense dynamic that can be disruptive if not tamed.
—Marie Bladt, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
The Tigers, for now, seem to have tamed the road blues that dogged them previously against Ole Miss, LSU and Alabama.
—Ally Schniepp, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
The playing was professional, but a trumpet was sometimes too loud, and some wind passages could have been tamed a bit.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
Although inflation has been tamed since then, prices are still growing a bit too fast for comfort.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
To that end, Ian spends most of the new film getting blissfully high with a hulking zombie nudist (Chi Lewis-Parry), whom the good doctor has tamed into drugged-out submission and named Samson.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tamed
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And prices rose slightly for the month, but stayed relatively tame.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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In a decade where electronic production has been pushed to chaotic new extremes, FlyLo’s moves here are tame by comparison.—
Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
9 Mar. 2026
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The exceptions would be Florida and Texas, where Republicans have controlled the state legislatures for decades.—
Hansi Lo Wang,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
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But if the rate of growth in broad money is controlled, then higher spending on oil and gasoline will be offset by lower spending on other items, restraining overall inflation.—
Steve H. Hanke,
Fortune,
9 Mar. 2026
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The oldest ice contained in Weißseespitze dates back roughly 6,000 years to the mid-Holocene, a warm period following the close of the last global ice age.—
Nidhi Sharma,
Popular Science,
13 Mar. 2026
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The object, which also contained nuts and bolts, extinguished itself without harming anyone.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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But defense is heavily regulated by international humanitarian law and weapons testing standards, which in theory should also address the use of artificial intelligence.—
Parmy Olson,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Electricity supplies are mostly regulated at the state level and managed across regions, using market structures that vary across the country.—
Josh Boak,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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The average stay there is only nine days, according to ICE data, but some detainees have been kept for months amid court cases or logistical issues related to deportation.—
Morgan Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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The third-year swingman hasn’t totaled less than 17 points in his last eight games and kept the fireworks going against the Heat.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Mar. 2026
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The treasurer’s office under Russell has put more funds into private and domestic markets and curbed reliance on investment managers who receive large fees for their work.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
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Crude oil surged as much as 29%, the biggest intraday move since April 2020, as more Gulf producers curbed production and Iran named the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as its new supreme leader.—
Nasteho Said,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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The officers who restrained him are not seen providing medical care immediately after he's removed from the vehicle.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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The yellow pops and Nike’s designers may have, for once, restrained themselves in the design.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The other theme was how much player movement has been suppressed.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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The group also said the memorial had suppressed other voices that criticized Israel, including the Israeli philosopher Omri Boehm, who was slated to give a commemoration speech at Buchenwald last year.—
Shira Li Bartov,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Tamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tamed. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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