tamping
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of tamping
see tamp 1
Example Sentences
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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
And Ali is busy tamping down expectations at home, where citizens are dreaming of overnight riches.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2024
“Hydrangea,” Miss Sadie said, tamping down a wad of new tobacco into the pipe.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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