Thesaurus results for TEMPERAMENTS

temperaments

noun

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plural of temperament

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 The race left relatively normal Democrats like former Controller Betty Yee, former Speaker Toni Atkins, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan struggling to gain traction despite having seemingly better temperaments, resumes, and ideas. —

Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 27 May 2026 The Singapore Sling and the Million Dollar Cocktail are sisters who share the same DNA and many of the same qualities but possess quite different temperaments and have gone on to enjoy different lives. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2026 Players of all kinds of temperaments, skill levels and game styles have done it, do it, and will do it in the future — and there are methods to the madness that takes over a tennis player in the throes of frustration. —

James Hansen, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026 He was involved off and on with Joplin over the second half of the 1960s, two young hippies whose careers and temperaments drove them apart. —

Hillel Italie, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026 He was involved off and on with Joplin over the second half of the 1960s, two young hippies whose careers and temperaments drove them apart. —

ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026 Knowing the umps isn’t as much of a priority as, say, nailing every aspect of the next three upcoming opponents, but learning umpires’ temperaments and tendencies is a good idea, even in the ABS and replay review era. —

Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2026 In another study published in October 2025, Kucker and her colleagues found the caregivers’ temperaments, and that of their child’s, influences digital media use and thereby language learning. —

Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026 The nominated Oscar shorts come in three categories — and a lot of subjects, styles and temperaments. —

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026

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David Yannetti, representing Officer Nicholas O’Malley, 33, has filed a slew of discovery motions in the case — requesting records of King’s complete criminal history, including all arrests, charges, dispositions, and pending matters from any jurisdiction.

— Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 13 May 2026
Deputies will document all referrals and dispositions so the department can track how often services are offered, what resources are utilized and whether those efforts are producing measurable results.

— Sierra van der Brug, Daily News, 4 May 2026