Example Sentences

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CEO Belen Garijo said higher prescriptions of its new drugs were tempering the overall decline during 2023, which he described as a "transition year".

From Reuters • May 11, 2023

Even those pushing for one were tempering expectations.

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2017

Occasionally he closed the throttle a few notches, as though he were tempering the speed just enough to keep the General from leaping into the air.

From Tom of the Raiders by Bishop, Austin