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Recent Examples of temperate
Adjective
The 24-time Grand Slam champion was off from the beginning, struggling to find his wind despite the dry and temperate afternoon in the California desert. Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 9 Mar. 2025 Spanish canals operated in a temperate climate and were managed by individual farmers who could maintain or increase their water flow. Ari Caramanica, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025 In fact, the more temperate weather can be the best time to snuggle up outside, sit by a fire pit, and enjoy a new piece of outdoor furniture. Shea Simmons, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2024 The temperate weather eliminates the need for expensive insulation, heating systems, and other winter-proofing measures typical of northern builds. Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for temperate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temperate
Adjective
  • Increasing temperatures and mild to moderate winds are anticipated through the weekend.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2025
  • Men with moderate or severe depressive symptoms were 62% times more likely to use intimate partner violence by 2022 compared to those who had not had these symptoms, while men with suicidal thoughts, plans or attempts were 47% times as likely, the study found.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Here are ways to enjoy this sunny early summer weekend in Central Florida.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
  • The captain who guided the ship through the storm-not the one who sailed on sunny days.
    Roberta Matuson, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, narratives of Ayyappan usually describe him as a god raised as a human prince who becomes a warrior and finally an ascetic.
    Deepa Das Acevedo, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2019
  • This is especially clear in the contrast between Marcus Luria and his father, the ascetic sage Zalia Ziskind.
    Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • For example, a person with strong justice, accountability, courage, drive, and integrity will need strength in dimensions such as temperance, humility, and humanity to exercise the necessary judgment, avoiding self-righteousness and dogmatism.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • Europe’s temperance movement One trend where Asahi expects Europeans to follow Japan is in a movement towards temperance.
    BYRyan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 1 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The company expects ongoing cautious consumer behavior amid persistent inflation, leading to restrained discretionary spending, especially on high-ticket products.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • Wirtz, especially, can look awkward in Julian Nagelsmann’s team, and is used in a comparatively restrained way.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • Our tester’s hair has mild dandruff and became flake-free after consistent use.
    Kayla Blanton, People.com, 5 June 2025
  • Refinements since then pushed the output to 300 hp and 365 lb-ft, offering a mild edge over the outgoing engine, but a new six-speed automatic replacing the old four-speed one meant the SUV could make better use of the grunt on hand.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • The finish is medium-length, clean, and refreshing with a lingering gentle warmth and a smooth aftertaste.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • What soon follows is a gradual, gentle introduction to a wide ensemble of characters with torrid histories — which is to say, falling-outs over drag show disagreements — as zombie mayhem slowly creeps in through the corners of the frame.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • Some have evolved exceedingly specific diets—diets that would put even the most abstemious human to shame.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The solution offered up by some: the sort of abstemious, low-fat, often vegetarian, diets that had been prescribed as lust-control regimens only decades earlier.
    Rachel Hope Cleves / Made by History, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025

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“Temperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temperate. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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