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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
Summers are awesome because the weather is temperate, staying within the high 70s, low 80s for the most part.
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Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
But during the midnight sun, the weather is temperate, even hot.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
Wildlife Spotting Moonlight Basin sits within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest nearly intact temperate-zone ecosystems on Earth.
—Jessica Campbell-Salley, Outside, 19 Dec. 2025
Speaking of liquid, when the typically dry, temperate country receives its annual rainfall around January, the venue’s extensive drainage system takes that precipitation and uses it for the venue’s flora.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2025
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This pair has 15-20 mmHg of compression, the perfect moderate amount for a shorter flight.—
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Even moderate drinking can cause metabolic stress, inflammation, impaired detoxification and hormonal shifts, Hyman said, which can affect nearly every organ system in the body.—
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Make sure to position them in sunny, south-facing windows that offer 6 to 8 hours of bright sunlight daily.—
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Temperatures the rest of the week will remain above normal with mostly cloudy mornings but sunny afternoons.—
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Despite his limitations, Joe displayed an impressive degree of ascetic discipline and a ravenous desire for God.—
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The fantastical park resembles a theatre set, rife with spiritual allegory and modeled on an ascetic’s dream of utopia.—
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The blast was set off on a concrete surface to replicate an urban environment, with air temperatures around 25 degrees Celsius, typical of mild weather conditions.—
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In fact, David Landsberg, the President & CEO at Goodwill Industries of South Florida, says that most decorative home goods made of glass, metal, or ceramic can easily be cleaned with a simple combination of mild dish soap and warm water.—
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Some have evolved exceedingly specific diets—diets that would put even the most abstemious human to shame.—
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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.—
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Common exfoliators and fine line-eliminators like retinol and glycolic acid are too harsh on my skin, but this serum utilizes lactic acid, which is far more gentle but just as potent.—
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Instead of direct water exposure, the robot switches to a gentler mechanical process.—
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Goodee has one of the best stocks of artisan-made, one-of-a-kind homewares that don’t require a cross-continent trip to collect.—
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In addition to routes that go into the suburbs around the city, the cross-continent metro line known as the Marmaray connects the metro systems on both the European and Asian sides of Istanbul.—
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That’d be a balmy January night in Boston.—
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The staff weighed, measured and photographed the turtles before moving them into tanks containing a balmy 75-degree water.—
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“Temperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temperate. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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