as in to temper
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Things have tempered now that pads have come on, but this group looks ready to hit someone else.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
27 July 2025 -
But analysts are tempering Alphabet’s success both in the present and future with the outcome of a pending court ruling.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Some annealing quantum-type computers are already commercialized.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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They’re served in a heap in a bowl, the logs of potato annealed, shiny and splotched with balsamic vinegar.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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The idea that there is only one legitimate identity in Iran—Persian, Shia, and loyal to the central government—was crystallized during his rule.—
Jila Andalib,
Hartford Courant,
28 July 2025
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The new flagship service crystallized over a decade of investment in artificial intelligence and is meant to be definitive proof the EV maker is now an AI and robotics company.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
24 July 2025
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So don’t go around being petrified of having your esophagus rupture someday.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Nearly every day brings a fresh breach of what were once thought to be the rules, moves that have thrilled his insurgent supporters and petrified his nervous opponents.—
Peter Baker,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Case-harden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/case-harden. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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