dampen
verb (used with object)
will dampen
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future tenseof dampen.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Ultimately, it will dampen the very economic activity Congress budgeted to preserve.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
That risk will be priced into valuations and will dampen enthusiasm for investing in the very innovations that policymakers say they want, such as better flu, RSV, pneumococcal and meningococcal vaccines.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 6, 2026
Streaming and theme park spending helped propel Walt Disney Co.’s earnings during the fiscal second quarter, as analysts wait to see whether broader economic uncertainty will dampen the entertainment giant’s prospects.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2025
Do you think the transfer decisions of high NIL earners will dampen the will to spend?
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
If any soul speak ill of an absent one, the only result will clearly be this: he will dampen the zeal of the friends and tend to make them indifferent.
From Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá
