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Example sentences for: moderating

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Washington exerts a strong moderating influence, and Feulner has been attacked in recent years for going "establishment"--wanting to be prestigious and respected like Brookings instead of being powerful and feared.
The moderating effect of the Gulf Stream produces a fresh springtime breeze throughout winter, and in late January and February, white almond blossoms blanket the fields.
As recently as a couple of years ago, many of these left Democrats couldn't go a paragraph without denouncing the moderating tendencies of the Democratic Leadership Council.
The WP says that the professor moderating all this "was almost apologetic" when repeating non-softball questions.