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has sobered

  • present perfect of sober (3rd person singular).

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That has sobered up the Treasury market a touch after a couple of weeks of disinflation relief.

From Reuters Jul. 21, 2023

A damning assessment of the Conservative Party's electoral prospects has sobered the mood of the beer-sipping crowd gathered in a central London pub.

From BBC May 19, 2023

“All of that, I think, has sobered Xi Jinping to some extent,” Burns said.

From Washington Post Feb. 26, 2023

“The pandemic has sobered me in many ways,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2021

Phil's been going a pace, Mr. Tatham; but he has had a bad illness, too, and the other boys going has sobered him a bit; and I do believe, now, that he'll probably mend.

From The Marriage of Elinor by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)