as in dispositions
one's characteristic attitude or mood
looking for a dog with a sweet temperament
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Recent Examples of temperaments
Redford and Pollack seemed to have similar temperaments and priorities.
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Matching energy levels, breed temperaments, and giving each pet their own space are also key to a successful transition.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
The two men have bad hair and unpredictable temperaments, but beyond that the similarities dissipate quickly.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Matching energy levels, breed temperaments, and giving each pet their own space are also key to a successful transition.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
The two men have bad hair and unpredictable temperaments, but beyond that the similarities dissipate quickly.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temperaments
Noun
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However, because the animals' natural habitats share some overlap and both have similarly docile dispositions, zoos often group howlers and capybaras together.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
3 Oct. 2025
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Involvement in structuring joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, activist takeover and defense, financing arrangements, and similar matters will all be considered.—
Liane Jackson,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There is no military strength without moral strength, no good outcome when summoning tempers alongside uncertainty and rifles, and no margin for error in what may come next.—
Keith Wilson,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Mascherano insisted there would be no carryover from the tempers that flared during and after the match against Seattle two weeks ago.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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Friend and its advertisements, at the moment, can be better understood as installation art than as a business, a performance instead of a product—an attempt to prod public attitudes toward AI, but perhaps not direct them.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
6 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Levada Center simply documents public attitudes using statistics.—
Nina Khrushcheva,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Temperaments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temperaments. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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