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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as in controlled
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
Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Not shown in the video is when officers finally tamed the out-of-control boat, Ramos said.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
The notion of Kori as a feral creature to be tamed is also sure to rub some the wrong way.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
Penn State researchers have proposed that the fury of a lightning bolt can be tamed, shrunk, and triggered on a lab bench inside a piece of acrylic no bigger than a deck of cards.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Mar. 2026
While inflation has been tamed from the runaway prices under the previous administration, Munsing said the impacts of the White House’s tariffs are still working their way through the economy.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
Engineers had just tamed the hydrogen leaks and settled on a March 6 launch date — already a month late — when the helium issue arose.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
But this is also an intense dynamic that can be disruptive if not tamed.
—Marie Bladt, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
The Tigers, for now, seem to have tamed the road blues that dogged them previously against Ole Miss, LSU and Alabama.
—Ally Schniepp, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
In the right hands, even a stubborn loaf can be tamed.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Not shown in the video is when officers finally tamed the out-of-control boat, Ramos said.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
The notion of Kori as a feral creature to be tamed is also sure to rub some the wrong way.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
Penn State researchers have proposed that the fury of a lightning bolt can be tamed, shrunk, and triggered on a lab bench inside a piece of acrylic no bigger than a deck of cards.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Mar. 2026
While inflation has been tamed from the runaway prices under the previous administration, Munsing said the impacts of the White House’s tariffs are still working their way through the economy.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
Engineers had just tamed the hydrogen leaks and settled on a March 6 launch date — already a month late — when the helium issue arose.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
But this is also an intense dynamic that can be disruptive if not tamed.
—Marie Bladt, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
The Tigers, for now, seem to have tamed the road blues that dogged them previously against Ole Miss, LSU and Alabama.
—Ally Schniepp, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tamed
Adjective
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In 1983, Mark Russell, whose satire was a PBS staple, offered relatively tame jabs at Reagan.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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With the stock trading around $177, those roughly at-the-money contracts are implying a fifty-fifty chance of expiring profitable by Friday, a fairly tame way to place a bet on a stock that typically trades like a more volatile version of bitcoin.—
Oliver Renick,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
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If the user followed the instructions, including entering a PIN or scanning a QR code, their Signal accounts were linked to an external device controlled by the hackers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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McKinsey estimates that $100 trillion in wealth will pass to the next generation over the next few decades—and by 2030, 40% of investable wealth will be controlled by women.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The authors argued that the typical American diet contained excessive calories and fat and lacked sufficient amounts of complex carbohydrates and dietary fiber.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Burick and one of his students assemble the base for one of ENIAC’s three portable function tables, which contained banks of switches that stored numerical constants.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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They’re regulated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to ensure proper safeguards are in place to prevent microscopic cement particles from causing health problems in nearby residents.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Apr. 2026
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The president did not legalize psychedelics or weed, but his orders change the way these drugs will be regulated.—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The breaks kept coming for Orlando.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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Trump kept a straight face during Obama’s speech, and at one point even waved during the president’s remarks.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Lawyers and doctors can lose their licenses to practice, insider traders can be barred from the financial industry, public officials stripped of committee assignments, and dangerous speeding drivers should have their bad habit curbed.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Sirota said Medicaid and HCPF staff worked to give legislators information on where costs were increasing and how those costs could be curbed.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2026
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Investor response to the launch was notably restrained compared with the shockwaves triggered by DeepSeek’s earlier R1 model.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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Two onlookers actually ran up to the squad car Davis was being put into and had to be briefly restrained by officers.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The 2021 army takeover triggered massive public resistance that was brutally suppressed, triggering a bloody civil war that has killed thousands of people.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The market value of media and entertainment stocks remains suppressed, however, amid intensifying competition from tech and streaming companies.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Tamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tamed. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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