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Example sentences for: tempering

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"The tempering of the hereditary principle by democracy has produced a curious constitutional hybrid," it said in an editorial.
Tempering the hard line are Susan Page and Steve Roberts (CNN's Late Edition ), who say corporate soft money--not foreign money--is the real problem.
The latter half will have more appeal to the average lawyer, unscholarly primate that he is; but the language-loving lawyer, which many are and all ought to be, will be entertained as much as edified by the eventful chronicle of the forging and tempering of the tools of his trade.