obtunding

verb

Definition of obtundingnext
present participle of obtund
as in baffling

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  1. softening
  2. dampening
  3. moderating
  4. alleviating
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  • Manufacturing and services sector surveys have pointed to slower hiring, while Fed Chair Jerome Powell earlier this week characterized the labor market as solid but softening.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Next, as the cheese reaches the temperature of water from a hot tap, the proteins within it start losing water, shrinking and softening.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of softening
Verb
  • Parents can restrict access to certain apps, limit phone usage to certain times of the day and/or monitor usage, but that can also backfire by dampening a child’s desire to share when something upsetting or potentially dangerous happens to them online.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • All three major averages kicked off October in the red on Tuesday as Iran’s missile barage attack on Israel heightened tensions in the Middle East, dampening investor sentiment toward risk assets.
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of dampening
Verb
  • That said, economists do not expect any significant deviation from our current low unemployment, solid GDP growth, and moderating inflation.
    John T. Harvey, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Tuesday morning began with a mixture of economic news that showed prices moderating further but a higher than forecast number of job openings in the most recent JOLTs report.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of moderating
Verb
  • Another approach to alleviating the potential of burnout is to create a positive workplace.
    Wayne Elsey, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Como Ball also hopes to implement baseball camps during the day next year to provide more opportunities to kids in the area while also alleviating the stress of finding child care for parents, Klinge said.
    Maddie Robinson, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of alleviating
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