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
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
Cash hasn’t so much tamed the savagery of the internet as turned on parental controls.
—Gideon Leek, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
But inflation had been tamed, and the economy was booming by the following year.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
Furthermore, while the labor market remains stable, finding a job has become more difficult, creating a fragile environment for consumer confidence if the affordability crisis is not tamed swiftly.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
Here, her ends were much more tamed, falling delicately over her neck above her vintage, spring 2003 Ralph Lauren patchwork gown.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 8 Dec. 2025
Mere seconds before halftime, Ahmed tamed a long diagonal pass that defeated SDFC’s one-sided pressure.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2025
While painful, Howe’s third Budget is now remembered as one that tamed inflation and enabled interest rates to be reduced, bringing down a high exchange rate that had been hammering British industry.
—Ian King, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2025
Verb
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
Cash hasn’t so much tamed the savagery of the internet as turned on parental controls.
—Gideon Leek, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
But inflation had been tamed, and the economy was booming by the following year.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
Furthermore, while the labor market remains stable, finding a job has become more difficult, creating a fragile environment for consumer confidence if the affordability crisis is not tamed swiftly.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
Here, her ends were much more tamed, falling delicately over her neck above her vintage, spring 2003 Ralph Lauren patchwork gown.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 8 Dec. 2025
Mere seconds before halftime, Ahmed tamed a long diagonal pass that defeated SDFC’s one-sided pressure.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2025
While painful, Howe’s third Budget is now remembered as one that tamed inflation and enabled interest rates to be reduced, bringing down a high exchange rate that had been hammering British industry.
—Ian King, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tamed
Adjective
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There was nothing tame about the dog of the heavens as conceived by the ancients.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Liverpool’s midfielders then close off the space and Saka cuts in to have a tame shot at goal.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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In June 2025, EOS demonstrated the destruction of a tank using a Rodeur 330 fitted with an inert warhead, controlled via FPV.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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Unlike autonomous cars which operate on public roads and uncontrolled environments, agriculture occurs on private land where everything is more controlled, which minimizes regulatory hurdles and potential for accidents.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The warehouse contained specialized food intended for young children and pregnant and breastfeeding women who were malnourished.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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The researchers presented toddlers with elaborate puzzle contraptions that contained prizes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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There’s a kind of social contract under which utilities operate essentially as monopolies to provide a public service and in exchange are regulated.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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The devices measure pollutants regulated by the EPA, including nitrogen oxides, ozone and particulate matter from sources like gas turbines, factories and heavy traffic.—
Jack Armstrong,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
6 Jan. 2026
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Across 240 pages, Landfair describes how she became ensnared in Kelly’s web and how the singer kept her trapped there for more than a decade through a persistent and dizzying combination of love-bombing, control, secrecy, and abuse.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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And since then the First Family has kept busy.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2026
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But Wednesday’s announcement also curbed the possibility of a Northland stadium, a location heavily promoted by state leaders in Jefferson City.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2026
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These efforts have hardly curbed skepticism of the regime.—
Nahid Siamdoust,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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Deputies said initial statements claimed he had been kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint by two unknown suspects who then allegedly restrained him and set the vehicle on fire.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Kerr had to be restrained by Payton and assistant coaches Terry Stotts and Kris Weems.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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At home, the Guard’s Basij volunteer arm brutally suppressed recent nationwide protests, establishing itself as the theocracy’s primary tool for squashing dissent.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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This led organically to feelings of love for one’s Black nannies and friendship with the children of your Black live-in maids, but this warmth had to be suppressed.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Tamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tamed. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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