tamping
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of tamping
see tamp 1
Example Sentences
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Travel + Leisure’s executives spent much of their investor call last week tamping down concerns about consumer wariness and creditworthiness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
That can work its way into the housing market by shrinking buyers’ budgets and tamping down on home-price growth.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Interventionists are still doing what they’ve always done: preventing retaliatory violence by tamping down rumors and connecting gang members with social services — all while grappling with the traumas of their past lives.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024
Big carnivores such as these cats helped shape the broader animal community, tamping down prey-animal populations and influencing regional biodiversity.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2024
Nadia accomplished this by wetting portions of Ginger's fur and tamping them down.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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