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
But Agnes is a mystery even to herself, it seems, tamping down her feelings until they come tumbling out in strange ways.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2025
The brain can direct the immune system to an unexpected degree, capable of detecting, ramping up and tamping down inflammation, shows a new study in mice from researchers at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2024
Even confronted with that, there are still doctors in the audience who don't believe that the tamping iron went through Phineas's brain.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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