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as in neutral
showing little or no interest or enthusiasm
the proposed table tennis club met with only a tepid response
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as in warm
having or giving off heat to a moderate degree
make sure the water for the footbath is just tepid or you'll burn yourself
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Recent Examples of tepid
For such an insistence on democracy, the pavilion is curiously tepid in its politics, save for a kind of vernacular populism and some PBS-esque nods to the Gee’s Bend quilters.
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Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
Maximum lethality, not tepid legality.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Burberry’s readmission to the FTSE 100 is another sign that Schulman’s turnaround plan is working, despite the ongoing slowdown in the wider luxury sector, and tepid demand from Chinese consumers.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
But so far, the response from the state’s GOP leaders has been tepid.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
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Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
Maximum lethality, not tepid legality.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Burberry’s readmission to the FTSE 100 is another sign that Schulman’s turnaround plan is working, despite the ongoing slowdown in the wider luxury sector, and tepid demand from Chinese consumers.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
But so far, the response from the state’s GOP leaders has been tepid.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tepid
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As the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis documented, the press are often participants, not merely neutral observers, in the Israel-Islamist conflict.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Stellar mass black holes are considered to be electrically neutral, and until now, primordial black holes were theorized to be the same.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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While this is only slightly warmer than what is normal for mid-September for the Gulf Coast, this is 10 to 15 degrees warmer than what is normal for this time of the year for much of the Mississippi Valley -- including for parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota and Minnesota.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Great Britain’s winning performance from Friday’s four races, held in bright sunshine and warm gusty breeze, earned driver Dylan Fletcher and his team their second victory of the season.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Florida’s Republican lawmakers, who would have to pass a law removing the requirements, have been lukewarm to the idea.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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The White House request for kicking this month’s government shutdown deadline into next year is drawing a lukewarm reception from some GOP spending cardinals.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
11 Sep. 2025
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At times, Beijing has taken harsh measures toward North Korea—including temporarily suspending oil shipments, restricting Chinese tourism, and applying financial sanctions to the North—although such efforts have typically been short-lived and halfhearted.—
SHUXIAN LUO,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Aug. 2025
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Zach Bryan and Gavin Adcock were involved in a heated confrontation that nearly turned physical at the Born & Raised Festival in Pryor, Oklahoma.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
14 Sep. 2025
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Researchers in Taiwan have developed a stretchable, self-healing gel that changes color when pulled or heated.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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Cracker Barrel statement doesn't satisfy naysayers Reactions to the announcement were largely unenthusiastic, with many fans accusing the chain of ignoring their concerns and calling for a return to the old brand design.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
26 Aug. 2025
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There's only so much one can glean from the preseason, but performance reviews for Maye have been unenthusiastic at best.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Tepid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tepid. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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