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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
temporize .
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Examples
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"It is only a vague feeling on my part," Martin temporized.
Chapter 27 2010
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"It is only a vague feeling on my part," Martin temporized.
Chapter 27 1908
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"Oh, I quite agree with you, Miss Welse," he temporized easily.
CHAPTER 12 2010
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Blair temporized but said that waterboarding would not take place on his watch.
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"Suppose 'm me no give?" the steward impatiently temporized.
CHAPTER 2 2010
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Dish temporized by turning off encryption until the server was replaced and the smart cards reauthorized.
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"But I hate to think of you all battered up," she temporized.
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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The Church itself has eeled around, prevaricated, temporized, made excuses for itself.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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"Aw, but that was only foolin '," William temporized.
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The U.S. temporized until Zelaya's term had expired.
Donald Bray: The Latin American Spring Donald Bray 2011
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