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 nominated Oscar shorts come in three categories — and a lot of subjects, styles and temperaments.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
This year, the most piquant examples of the mad mother arrived in dramas of various hues and temperaments.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
The two men’s temperaments are very different.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Some dogs naturally bring a soothing presence, helping households feel more grounded through their gentle temperaments, slow rhythms, and steady companionship.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
But taken together, the movies demonstrate Linklater’s interest in probing creative temperaments, including his own.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
The two men have bad hair and unpredictable temperaments, but beyond that the similarities dissipate quickly.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
This year, the most piquant examples of the mad mother arrived in dramas of various hues and temperaments.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
The two men’s temperaments are very different.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Some dogs naturally bring a soothing presence, helping households feel more grounded through their gentle temperaments, slow rhythms, and steady companionship.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
But taken together, the movies demonstrate Linklater’s interest in probing creative temperaments, including his own.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 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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Despite deep-red voting records and conservative dispositions, many of these counties have few regrets about allowing towering wind turbines and lines of solar panels to dot bits of their countryside.—
Sophie Hartley,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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That includes aliases, date of birth, race, counties of conviction, charges, case numbers, dispositions, descriptions of any identifying marks and tattoos and a photograph of a person.—
Ana Goñi-Lessan,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There, deliberation tempers impulse, and compromise hammers disagreements into workable solutions.—
David French,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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There, deliberation tempers impulse, and compromise hammers disagreements into workable solutions.—
Sarah Isgur,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But by the early 20th century, changing attitudes around early childhood and development had made the nursery a livelier environment.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
22 Feb. 2026
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Van Der Beek’s own attitudes about traditional medicine are difficult to pin down.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Temperaments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temperaments. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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