moderate
adjective
kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense.
were moderating
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past progressiveof moderate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But she said the government reports were "moderating some of the the fervour" about these futuristic threats and made it clear that there was a gap between "the political position and the actual technical one".
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023
What Powell saw a year ago: Prices were moderating in high-inflation items like used cars.
From Reuters ● Aug. 25, 2022
The latest Consumer Price Index showed a re-acceleration in inflation, dashing hopes that price increases were moderating.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2022
But as she signed her name, she realized… The internet companies were moderating the postal service, too.
From The Verge ● Oct. 31, 2018
It seemed as if the seas were moderating.
From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
