as in tame
changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans
circus trainers work with tamed tigers and elephants
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as in controlled
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
try to tame your language when you're in front of the kids
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Recent Examples of tamed
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Felix Nmecha’s direct forward pass was a peach and Undav instinctively tamed it with his right and smacked it with his left.
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Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
Then there’s her steady stream of love letters to nature, wild and tamed.
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Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
And Shawn's Ray Wilkins is still struggling to stay in the closet, this time turning to the church in a Sinners parody to keep him tamed.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 June 2026
The Sooners led 10-8 after four innings and then tamed the mighty Yellow Jackets’ bats.
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Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
1 June 2026
The shooter tamed the sun’s glares while ensuring the deep-red gazebo popped against the lush green park.
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Kimberly Gedeon,
PC Magazine,
28 May 2026
The forecast comes as fire officials this week tamed a brush fire that burned through more than 11,400 acres of the Everglades in west Broward.
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Megan Vaz,
Sun Sentinel,
14 May 2026
In the right hands, even a stubborn loaf can be tamed.
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Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
Burle Marx understood that Brazil’s botanical richness was not excess to be tamed, but a palette to be mastered.
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Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Felix Nmecha’s direct forward pass was a peach and Undav instinctively tamed it with his right and smacked it with his left.
—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
Then there’s her steady stream of love letters to nature, wild and tamed.
—
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
And Shawn's Ray Wilkins is still struggling to stay in the closet, this time turning to the church in a Sinners parody to keep him tamed.
—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 June 2026
The Sooners led 10-8 after four innings and then tamed the mighty Yellow Jackets’ bats.
—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
1 June 2026
The shooter tamed the sun’s glares while ensuring the deep-red gazebo popped against the lush green park.
—
Kimberly Gedeon,
PC Magazine,
28 May 2026
The forecast comes as fire officials this week tamed a brush fire that burned through more than 11,400 acres of the Everglades in west Broward.
—
Megan Vaz,
Sun Sentinel,
14 May 2026
In the right hands, even a stubborn loaf can be tamed.
—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tamed
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But a sprawling 1,000-year-old site unearthed in Denmark shifts the focus from raids and conquests to a far tamer pursuit — the textile production that likely made those expeditions possible.
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Jorgen Strand Larsen should have given his side hope at 3-1 but saw his tame penalty saved by Mike Maignan before Desire Doue headed home France’s fourth late on.
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Envioscuba uses warehouses controlled by GAESA, the conglomerate run by Cuba's military that was recently sanctioned, according to the Associated Press.
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Britain controlled Florida from 1763 until the territory was returned to Spain at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, a period of 20 years.
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These inventions transformed honey bees from a largely feral species into semi-domesticated livestock that could be managed year-round, expanded, and reproduced.
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Flames raced through rows of vehicles at a Rancho Cordova salvage yard Friday evening, engulfing between 50 and 100 vehicles before more than 70 firefighters contained the blaze and kept it from spreading to neighboring businesses.
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Last July, the Reno Police Department in Nevada said in a news release that a truck shipment managed by Ceva Logistics that contained about $15 million in semiconductors and Apple products was stolen.
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Oil can be produced, taxed, regulated, and wound down on a schedule, without being sold to a saver as a contribution to the energy transition.
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Currently, the only product that is regulated federally with date labels is infant formula.
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Officers kept some witnesses at the scene for questioning and blocked off streets in the area.
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Ray settled in and kept the Rockies at bay before turning the game over to the bullpen.
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The Financial Times reported that Google has curbed Meta’s use of its AI models after the Facebook and Instagram parent company wanted to use more computing capacity than Google could provide.
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After the high court curbed lower courts' ability to issue nationwide injunctions, another challenge was filed in New Hampshire on behalf of all children who would be covered by the birthright citizenship policy.
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Gracie was restrained and blindfolded for the duration of her journey home.
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Incidents in recent weeks include a man who tried to open an exit door of a Frontier Airlines plane before being restrained by a passenger who was a jiu-jitsu instructor.
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“Tamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tamed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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