as in temperance
an avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits
the kind of person who does everything in moderation
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Recent Examples of moderation
But throughout my readings, moderation was a theme.
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Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
In peacetime, debates on free speech and content moderation are often contentious.
—Steven Stalinsky, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
This approach disincentivized moderation.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
Other nonprofits like Global Witness linked Facebook's past moderation failures to outbreaks of ethnic violence in Ethiopia in 2020.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2026
Aaron said that incorporating a method of moderation or verification—such as the voting system in Waze—would have required collecting user data that might someday fall under a subpoena.
—Oriana Van Praag, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
The decline followed Musk’s overhaul of moderation systems and the disbanding of internal safety groups.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
The moderation comes as the sector’s slide cooled after declining 23% year to date.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
And all this, not because passion is vice and moderation virtue, but because moderation is indispensable if passionate men are to escape being locked in an encounter of mutual frustration.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
In peacetime, debates on free speech and content moderation are often contentious.
—Steven Stalinsky, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
This approach disincentivized moderation.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
Other nonprofits like Global Witness linked Facebook's past moderation failures to outbreaks of ethnic violence in Ethiopia in 2020.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2026
Aaron said that incorporating a method of moderation or verification—such as the voting system in Waze—would have required collecting user data that might someday fall under a subpoena.
—Oriana Van Praag, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
The decline followed Musk’s overhaul of moderation systems and the disbanding of internal safety groups.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
The moderation comes as the sector’s slide cooled after declining 23% year to date.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
And all this, not because passion is vice and moderation virtue, but because moderation is indispensable if passionate men are to escape being locked in an encounter of mutual frustration.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moderation
temperance
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In the case of Steve Jobs, his incredible strength in transcendence tips into excess because it is not supported by other dimensions of character, such as patience, calm, and self-regulation that come from temperance, and the humility and humanity to see other points of view.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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On a single day in 1900, a former schoolteacher destroyed three saloons using bricks, rocks, and a billiard ball—all to advance the cause of temperance.—
The Atlantic Science Desk,
The Atlantic,
27 Dec. 2025
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“Moderation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderation. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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