Example Sentences

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If investors become concerned about a downturn, particularly one linked to slowing data-center spending, rate-base expectations will moderate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

He projects consumer spending will moderate to around 1.9% growth in 2026, down from 2.6% in 2025.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Cooper will moderate the special, which will be released March 24 on Disney+, exactly 20 years after the show premiered on Disney Channel, where it aired for four seasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

There is no reason to believe that any of them will moderate once they assume the mantle of responsibility.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2024

Humility, again, reducing us in our own value, will moderate our claims on worldly estimation.

From A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. by Wilberforce, William