moderate
adjective
kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense.
moderated
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past participleof moderate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof moderate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
moderateadjectivekept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense.
Example Sentences
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Client activity among the bank’s markets and investment-banking clients moderated during the quarter from the strong second quarter, Dimon said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Consumer preferences are evolving toward personal care, new flavors, moderated drinking and choices based on specific occasions, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Warsh is scheduled to appear in a moderated conversation at the fall meetings of the International Monetary Fund on Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
September’s hour-long debate, taking place shortly before county elections officials begin mailing ballots to all the state’s registered voters, will be moderated by the cable network’s anchors Dana Bash and Jake Tapper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
By mid-November the weather had moderated, which is to say that it had become cold and rainy as it always is in Seattle in November.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
