tamps
- present tense form of tamp (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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When I exclaim aloud at this huge number, he tamps down my amazement: “No, no. There’s so much left—90% of this music is still unrecovered, unknown.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
“Seeing all the results tamps down their unrealistic expectations,” he said, as they conclude for themselves that they need to rethink their retirement timetable.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 13, 2025
As the job market weakens, paycheck growth slows, which further tamps down buying.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2022
Clowse pinned her hopes on another lupus treatment: rituximab, a monoclonal antibody first approved in 1997 that tamps down the immune system.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 16, 2022
When he has made the ashes smooth by pressing them with his hands, he makes the crucible slope down toward the middle; then he tamps it, as I have described, with a rammer.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
