Example Sentences

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Modica asked, addressing a planning board member who was moderating questions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

“Ms. Good should be alive today. David, that could have been you, the way they’re conducting themselves,” he said to Huerta, who was moderating the event.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

Until recently, investors had expected Fed Chair Jerome Powell might be looking to end to interest rate hikes amid signs inflation was moderating.

From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2023

I caught up with Beutner at Santa Monica High School, where he was moderating a panel discussion with Dre, Iovine, the rapper Lil Baby and their business adviser, Paul Wachter.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2022

I told him that we had cleared away the wreck of the masts, and that the weather was moderating.

From Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler by Durden, James