Naveen Jain

The entrepreneurial bug had already bitten my son Ankur by the time he got to college. As a lifelong entrepreneur, I certainly didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm by telling him he couldn't do it, but I also wanted to make sure it was balanced with the proper attention to his studies.

Indian Businessman

Jose Angel Gurria

High levels of inequality generate high costs for society, dampening social mobility, undermining the labour market prospects of vulnerable social groups, and creating social unrest.

Mexican Economist

Bernard Arnault

Louis Vuitton, the world's biggest luxury brand in terms of sales, is planning to dampen its expansion worldwide and focus on high-end products to preserve its exclusive image.

French Businessman

Gough Whitlam

A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic; reformism is basically optimistic.

Australian Statesman

James Whitcomb Riley

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

American Poet

Dave Morin

As creators, we feel constant demand for innovation from the world. This puts immense pressure on the creative process and oftentimes can have a dampening effect.

American Businessman

Florence Pugh

When you're given a platform, and you're allowed to perform, and someone's there to heighten you as opposed to dampen you, that's a nice feeling.

English Actress

Mumtaz

I've kept alive my childlike innocence. I don't let anything or anyone dampen my zest for life. Now, that's very important.

Indian Actress

Nina Garcia

Taking stock of what you own, when done correctly and thoroughly, helps dampen the urge to shop frivolously.

Colombian Critic

Kim Tae-hyung

On the plane, I dampen cotton pads with toner and put on lotion twice as much.

South Korean Musician

Use 'dampen' when describing something made just a bit wet, not soaked.

Mild Wetness

'Dampen' suggests a gentle application of moisture, lacking forcefulness.

Not Drenching

To 'dampen' emotions means to slightly lessen them, not to extinguish them completely.

Subtle Impact

'Dampen' implies a softening in intensity that could be temporary or potential.

Emotional Nuance

In music, 'dampen' means to gently quiet a sound, not abruptly silence it.

Subtle Quieting

'Dampen' can be a deliberate action to alter how long a note lingers.

Controlled Sound

When referring to progress, 'dampen' suggests a slowdown, not a complete halt.

Gentle Hindrance

The word suggests a light or moderate effect on the development of something.

Moderate Effect

 that the amount of nurturing a mother rat provides its newborn baby plays a part in determining how that baby responds to stress later in life. The pups of nurturing moms turned out less sensitive to stress because their brains developed more cortisol receptors, which stick to cortisol and dampen the stress response.

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 Tragically, the immune system’s attack can even be life-threatening. However, researchers are finding ways to trick the immune system into accepting the new devices we introduce into our bodily tissues. We’ve discovered that coating implants with certain chemicals and drugs can dampen the immune response.

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 life in waterproof plastic sheeting for easy transportation inside the canvas is wrapped around an inflatable lining which will be blown up to create a building 50 square meters in size but first water must be piped inside the package to start the process of dampening the cloth should take about

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 was enough to dampen and prevent traffic waves. Traffic jams are not only a daily annoyance– they’re a major cause of fatalities, wasted resources, and planet-threatening pollution. But new technology may help reduce these patterns, rendering our roads safer,

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 such as heart disease and insulin resistance. Meanwhile, stress hormones affect immune cells in a variety of ways. Initially, they help prepare to fight invaders and heal after injury, but chronic stress can dampen function of some immune cells,

 So what you want to do is dampen it down everywhere in the world. And maybe it'll burn out. Maybe that'll be it. I personally think we'll probably need a vaccine, but best case scenario is that those alone will stop the epidemic,

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 enabling them to adhere to and squeeze through blood vessel walls so they can reach the areas where infection is raging. In the case of viral infections, HSPs help tell nearby cells to dampen their protein production,

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 But languishing is not unique to a pandemic. It's part of the human condition. Two decades of research show that languishing can disrupt your focus and dampen your motivation. It's also a risk factor for depression

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 room is that so far Mother Earth has been very forgiving the Earth's system has been applying its biogeochemical systems its resilience to dampen and protect us she has been incredibly forgiving by allowing us

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