as in temperance
an avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits
the kind of person who does everything in moderation
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Recent Examples of moderation
For many people, shrimp is safe to eat in moderation.
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Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 23 Apr. 2026
While news outlets attempt to maintain civility in comment sections by various forms of moderation and by articulating policies of acceptable speech, moderating comments itself is a labor-intensive endeavor, and not all news outlets want to or can dedicate the necessary amount of resources to it.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
Key Considerations Like any honey, manuka should be enjoyed in moderation.
—Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 17 Apr. 2026
The Lamont administration invited to the signing ceremony Hammersley and others who have been critical of Connecticut’s longstanding inadequacies in education funding, which have been the subject of litigation over decades, as well as the current governor’s fiscal moderation.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
Sama has since changed its business model and stopped offering content moderation services to Meta, but has remained focused on services such as AI data labeling for the tech giant.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
This layered approach combines AI moderation, human review and real-world gameplay signals.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
But Dhillon’s apparent moderation during that time might also be read as a different way of communicating the same underlying heterodoxy from her Review days.
—Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
While the interim government seeks to project moderation with figures associated with human rights and diplomacy, security forces continue to use tactics reminiscent of Maduro-era crackdowns.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 23 Apr. 2026
While news outlets attempt to maintain civility in comment sections by various forms of moderation and by articulating policies of acceptable speech, moderating comments itself is a labor-intensive endeavor, and not all news outlets want to or can dedicate the necessary amount of resources to it.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
Key Considerations Like any honey, manuka should be enjoyed in moderation.
—Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 17 Apr. 2026
The Lamont administration invited to the signing ceremony Hammersley and others who have been critical of Connecticut’s longstanding inadequacies in education funding, which have been the subject of litigation over decades, as well as the current governor’s fiscal moderation.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
Sama has since changed its business model and stopped offering content moderation services to Meta, but has remained focused on services such as AI data labeling for the tech giant.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
This layered approach combines AI moderation, human review and real-world gameplay signals.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
But Dhillon’s apparent moderation during that time might also be read as a different way of communicating the same underlying heterodoxy from her Review days.
—Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
While the interim government seeks to project moderation with figures associated with human rights and diplomacy, security forces continue to use tactics reminiscent of Maduro-era crackdowns.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moderation
temperance
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The temperance, abolition, and civil-rights movements in America were all motivated in part by religious convictions.—
Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
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Then, strong reform and radical movements to abolish slavery and to advocate for world peace, temperance, and women’s suffrage flourished.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Moderation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderation. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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