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as in moderate
avoiding extremes in behavior or expression
rather temperate in his appraisal of the movie, calling it good but not great
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as in sunny
marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low
escaped a cold Midwestern winter by vacationing in a more temperate climate down south
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as in ascetic
given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites
a soft-spoken, serious-minded person of temperate habits
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Recent Examples of temperate
Broadly speaking, northern Spain (think Galicia, Asturias, and the Basque Country) has a wetter, more temperate climate, with plenty of rain and cooler temperatures year-round.
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Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2025
Oh, and—little detail—the earth’s surface has, apparently, been wiped clean by a world-historic climate event and a nuclear war, and everybody who survived is living in a bunker gussied up by its billionaire overlords to look like a perpetually temperate American suburb.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Located on the North Island near the Manawatū River, Palmerston (Palmy, colloquially) is representative of many cities around the world, with a largely temperate climate and a population of around 91,000 residents.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 May 2025
Today, these ants primarily live in undisturbed and temperate eastern North American forests.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2025
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Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2025
Oh, and—little detail—the earth’s surface has, apparently, been wiped clean by a world-historic climate event and a nuclear war, and everybody who survived is living in a bunker gussied up by its billionaire overlords to look like a perpetually temperate American suburb.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Located on the North Island near the Manawatū River, Palmerston (Palmy, colloquially) is representative of many cities around the world, with a largely temperate climate and a population of around 91,000 residents.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 May 2025
Today, these ants primarily live in undisturbed and temperate eastern North American forests.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temperate
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Current government health recommendations advise moderate exercise for at least 30 minutes most days of the week, and Zheng says that his study shows that even 15 minutes a day can provide benefits.—
Alice Park,
Time,
29 July 2025
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Adults should get at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity and two days of strength training a week, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
27 July 2025
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Warm, sunny weather optimizes the conditions for this sort of reaction, meaning unhealthy ozone levels are often seen in the summer.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Gerard Butler is a Scot whose second film credit was the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, and Austin Butler is an American from sunny California who got his start as a teen on a handful of Disney and Nickelodeon shows in the mid-2000s.—
Katie Labovitz,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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Quarantine by Jim Crace This 1997 novel follows Jesus during his 40-day ascetic retreat to a desert cave.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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Martin lived an ascetic and solitary life, and often denounced overly cerebral art.—
Melissa Febos,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2025
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Several Republican members who spent years hyping up the Epstein case remained restrained in criticizing the White House's handling of the matter.—
John Parkinson,
ABC News,
24 July 2025
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This restrained color story feels fresh yet timeless.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 July 2025
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But a lot of the other strange things that happened in your body—things much more intense and unusual than a fever’s mild hallucinations—entirely escape the sieve of memory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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About one in five people infected develop mild symptoms, such as a fever, headache, body aches or rash, and around one in 150 people develop a serious illness like encephalitis or meningitis.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 July 2025
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The water here is always a steady, crisp 70 to 75 degrees, and has a gentle current that gives the water incredible clarity.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
29 July 2025
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Her videos captured the simple beauty of her grandparents’ life: morning coffee, gardening rituals, gentle kisses hello and goodbye — and always, the art.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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Some have evolved exceedingly specific diets—diets that would put even the most abstemious human to shame.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The solution offered up by some: the sort of abstemious, low-fat, often vegetarian, diets that had been prescribed as lust-control regimens only decades earlier.—
Rachel Hope Cleves / Made by History,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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On the most balmy and divine summer evenings, set up this inflatable movie screen from Kodak (which works with any brand of movie projector), and let the good times roll.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
23 July 2025
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Below, a round-up of chic summer hairstyles to try in the balmy weeks to come.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
22 July 2025
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“Temperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temperate. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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