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Recent Examples of tempered
Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
The set includes two chairs with padding and a compact coffee table with a tempered glass surface.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The standard model comes with a tempered glass screen, stainless steel case, and a 20mm silicone sport band.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
The three-tier shelf holds up to 12 bottles of wine, and the tempered glass shelves can hold all your favorite bar essentials.
—Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
Check the label or manufacturer's instructions to make sure your glass is oven-safe, or made of tempered or borosilicate glass.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
The set includes two chairs with padding and a compact coffee table with a tempered glass surface.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
The standard model comes with a tempered glass screen, stainless steel case, and a 20mm silicone sport band.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
The three-tier shelf holds up to 12 bottles of wine, and the tempered glass shelves can hold all your favorite bar essentials.
—Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tempered
Adjective
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Those hardened positions have quashed behind-the-scenes efforts by a group of moderate Democrats and Republicans to work out some sort of mutual understanding or soft deal to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
30 Sep. 2025
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What lingers as the end credits roll is Daniel Day-Lewis’ noble face — full of sorrow, resentment, guilt and shame, emotions that Ray spends much of the early action masking in hardened indifference.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 4 to 6 minutes.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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Roast until cheese is softened, 10 to 12 minutes.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Oct. 2025
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The most powerful are those toughened by formidable competitors.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Since the Supreme Court empowered local governments to crack down on homeless encampments in June, at least 40 jurisdictions around California have enacted new laws or toughened existing ones, according to the National Homelessness Law Center.—
Vanessa Rancaño,
NPR,
28 Dec. 2024
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Such comparisons are too easily drawn, with too much self-righteousness, as though the guilt for what was done to the Jews could be lightened just a little by likening them to their own murderers.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The earlier layoff constituted 8% of staff, which will mean Lionsgate will have lightened its head count by 13% when this round of downsizing is done.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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How does Obama go, in a pretty compressed number of years, from nearly an impossibility—the very act of his election seeming like a pivotal moment in the country to many people—to this by the end of his term?—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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This process pushes out sand using compressed air or steam to clean surfaces.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
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That was the finding Wednesday by experts at a Miami Herald panel moderated by climate reporters Alex Harris, Denise Hruby and Ashely Miznazi.—
Jane Wooldridge,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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Then came a conversation between Bianca, Edvin, and Troy, moderated by Mecca herself, about identity, globalization, and the role of Jamaican heritage in their work.—
Essence,
Essence,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Market response to the news was mitigated.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Stein provided one that satisfied her ambitions and perhaps mitigated a sense of mediocrity.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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SanDisk — The maker of solid state drives jumped 10%, adding to its massive gains.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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Chris Copeland, Justin Copeland) Student Shorts With solid storytelling and emerging vision, these films represent a broad range of categories including live-action, narrative, documentary, and animation.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Tempered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempered. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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