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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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
Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
In reality, the recent cooling of the art market has tamed bidding, while increasingly prevalent auction guarantees—when an artwork is secured by a third-party before a sale—are also killing the drama.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Only time will tell if it can be tamed.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2024
With inflation mostly tamed and moving in the right direction, Fed officials have zeroed in on the health of the labor market.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
Simplicity, understood like this, is complexity well tended, just as a long, graceful line is a collection of stubby ones, tamed but not deadened.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Investors say the better-than-expected jobs report suggests that a soft landing, or a scenario in which inflation is tamed without a recession, is in reach.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
In the Grand Canyon State, the 1910s were a decade of progress — a dam tamed the Salt River, Arizona officially became a state, and Phoenix began to pave streets.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
Like any candidate seeking re-election, President Joe Biden ran on his economic record—millions of new jobs created, steady GDP growth, inflation tamed, and new legislation allocating trillions of dollars for climate technology, semiconductors, and infrastructure.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
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But again, there is a difference between human and animal proximity, being tamed, and being fully domesticated.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
In reality, the recent cooling of the art market has tamed bidding, while increasingly prevalent auction guarantees—when an artwork is secured by a third-party before a sale—are also killing the drama.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Only time will tell if it can be tamed.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2024
With inflation mostly tamed and moving in the right direction, Fed officials have zeroed in on the health of the labor market.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
Simplicity, understood like this, is complexity well tended, just as a long, graceful line is a collection of stubby ones, tamed but not deadened.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Investors say the better-than-expected jobs report suggests that a soft landing, or a scenario in which inflation is tamed without a recession, is in reach.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
In the Grand Canyon State, the 1910s were a decade of progress — a dam tamed the Salt River, Arizona officially became a state, and Phoenix began to pave streets.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
Like any candidate seeking re-election, President Joe Biden ran on his economic record—millions of new jobs created, steady GDP growth, inflation tamed, and new legislation allocating trillions of dollars for climate technology, semiconductors, and infrastructure.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tamed
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African Penguin—Found In The Southern Coast Of Africa Along the southern coast of Namibia and South Africa, a penguin species is notable for being relatively tame, allowing close approaches by humans.Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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The naysayers were right about one thing: Our gatherings are tamer and involve little to no wine, but my internal organs are grateful.Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 16 Oct. 2024
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Several details appear to link the profile to Mangione, and a 2016 post contained a link to a page on Github, a coding website, with Mangione's full name on it.Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Franklin fire had extended to nearly 4,000 acres and was just 7% contained Wednesday morning, according to Cal Fire.Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Musk's companies, such as Tesla and SpaceX, are heavily regulated.Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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For much of the country’s history, individual states regulated horseracing, with minimal federal oversight related to gambling.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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A number of presidents kept relatives on the White House payroll throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, many as secretaries, aides or unofficial advisers, according to the National Constitution Center.Rachel Treisman, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
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Subramanian rejected the idea Combs be kept under house arrest at a home with a boat dock in Miami but seemed open to potentially releasing him to confinement with around-the-clock security at a three-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Penny, a passenger on his way from a college class to the gym, grabbed Neely from behind in a chokehold, forced him to the train floor and restrained him there for several minutes.Eric Levenson, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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Penny, a passenger, grabbed Neely from behind in a chokehold, forced him to the train floor and restrained him there for several minutes.Gloria Pazmino, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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But as Daniel Goleman writes in his book Social Intelligence, in a society that puts too much emphasis on individualism, the power of the social brain often gets suppressed and overlooked.Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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But Google's study, published in Nature, showed that for the first time, errors can be suppressed exponentially as a quantum computer increases in size – a breakthrough that has been pursued in the field for more than 30 years.Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Tamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tamed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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