Sentences with phrase «at dampening»

Cork flooring is excellent at dampening sound, and because of that has been used in libraries from the late 19th century.

The suspension does not do its best job at dampening the bumps in the road, and the handling remains mediocre.

You can hear it so clearly because Toyota has done a better job at dampening wind and road noise.

Flax seeds are incredibly powerful at dampening the effects of estrogen.

In a move aimed at dampening the impact of «broken windows» policing, the New York City Council passed bills to create a civil process for some of the most common low - level infractions observed by police officers, including public drinking and public urination.

He'll look at the dampened expectations.

With startling power and ultrastraight shooting, Argentina's fast - rising Andrés Romero prevailed at the dampened battle of New Orleans and in doing so insinuated himself into the conversation about Augusta

However, as we have previously discussed, the average global surface temperature over the first decade of this century has indeed warmed at a dampened rate.

While the weather was somewhat damp, it did not at all dampen the spirit of the multitude of walkers and runners who came out on a Sunday morning to raise awareness and funds for a cure for cancer.

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Plus, the U.S. passed massive corporate tax cuts that put Canadian companies at a disadvantage, potentially dampening investment.

Darby notes that tourism — which accounts for 6.5 % of the Thai economy — has been dampened at times; he chalks much of the economy's resilience up to continued foreign direct investment, conditions that have favored Thailand in global trade, and strong credit growth.

If true, this should accelerate upward momentum of Treasury yields and the U.S. dollar — currently at a 14 - year high — which could dampen gold's chances of repeating the rally we saw in the first half of this year.

While New Zealand's official cash rate is already at a record - low 2 % after the latest cut in August, it is still the highest in the developed world — a major draw for yield - hungry investors and a complication for the central bank as a higher kiwi further dampens imported - led inflation.

Motorola's losses are likely to dampen Google's earnings at least for the first half of this year.

Critics say the discounts drag forward Christmas sales that retailers would otherwise have made at full price and can dampen business in subsequent weeks.

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

You're seeing a little bit of caution about tax reform, and so that seems to be dampening things a bit, but overall if you look at the origination business, clients are engaged in a lot more activity.

According to Yamaguchi, «There is pressure for tightening from both the demand and supply sides, as the aging population dampens labor supply, at the same time that it gives rise to labor demand for stable growth in healthcare and social welfare employment.»

At the same time, the low level of oil prices will continue to dampen growth in Canada and other energy - producing countries.

Taking a closer look at saving trends, he argues that the surge in energy costs may have temporarily dampened saving, while the accounting of household income from stock holdings may be skewing saving estimates.

Long bonds will end up being a very volatile investment at some point once rates or inflation rise from current levels, but intermediate - term bonds should continue to dampen stock market volatility.

That's dampening what little inflation exists in the economy, which is troubling for the Bank of Canada because it's mandated to keep prices advancing at a rate of about 2 per cent a year.

At the same time, it greatly dampens demand for actual usage.

The «slow and steady» approach to a possible interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve is not dampening investors» appetites for fixed - income ETFs — at least for now.

The economic tension «will probably dampen productivity growth in the coming decades; it will dampen it in China and it will probably dampen productivity growth globally,» said Louis Kuijs, head of Asia economics at Oxford Economics.

The data comes after the Ontario government implemented rules intended to dampen Toronto's real estate market, where escalating prices have concerned policy - makers at the municipal, provincial and federal levels.

The QE programs that kept «wolves of financial markets» at bay are continuing to dampen realized volatility

The dampening effect of falling imported goods prices at the final stage of production continued to ease over the year to December, suggesting that the disinflationary impetus from the appreciation of the exchange rate in 2002 and 2003 has moderated substantially.

But they dampened once again with the bankruptcy at digital currency miner CoinTerra, millions lost at an exchange in Hong Kong, and Bitcoin's legal status in Russia.

At its most recent monetary policy meeting, the Board judged that the recent financial volatility could weaken the outlook for demand, and hence may, in due course, act to dampen pressure on inflation.

However we are struggling to see what could either seriously dampen inflation expectations or cause a substantial rise in US interest rates, hence why we are very bullish on gold at present.

And the layoffs and bad news in mining are not yet dampening the enthusiasm of students at the Haileybury School of Mines, says associate regional director of Northern College's south campus, Shawn Chorney.

That rise is made worse by the depreciation of the US dollar (in contrast to the case for Australians, who at least have had the benefit of a high Australian dollar in dampening the rise in oil prices).

At such times, the authorities have usually raised interest rates to try to dampen the boom.

If much of the investment into bond mutual funds that has occurred the last couple of years is for purposes of dampening the volatility of a portfolio — and with the 10 - Year Treasury yield at 1.8 percent it's difficult to argue for a different motivation - then it's important to think through the thesis that bonds will defend a balanced portfolio in an equity bear market in the same way they have, especially to the extent they have in the last two bear markets.

And he's gone to lengths to dampen organized labour's heady expectations, at least over the short term.

With the dampening effect of the appreciation on domestic inflation still having further to run, our current assessment is that underlying inflation will decline to around 1 1/2 per cent during 2004 (assuming the exchange rate remains stable at around its current level).

Overall CPI inflation, however, remains at the lower end of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's 1 — 3 per cent target band, with the currency appreciation exerting a dampening influence.

It is possible that the increases in car sales occurring at present, by absorbing a higher proportion of disposable incomes, are having a dampening effect on sales of other durable goods.

Henry — glad I was able to dampen one set of flames, but I hope some of what I said may at least encourage interest in kindling a «fire» of another variety — semper reformanda.

At the same time that the federal government was getting out of the housing business, the economy in Massachusetts and other New England states was rebounding and the high interest rates that had dampened the real estate market in the late «70s and early «80s were easing.

With dampened fingers, gently form chilled matzo mixture into 1 - inch balls (they will expand as they cook), and gently drop them 1 at a time into the simmering broth.

This did not dampen my enjoyment of the dip, but it meant I would probably not be making it at home as I try not to have much soy.

Cover the bowl with a dampened tea towel and let sit at room temperature for 8 hours or overnight.

Some reports estimate his worth at around # 22 - 24m and Pep Guardiola clearly sees speedy pint sized performer as part of the club's long term plans but this has not dampened interest shown by the North London club.

Messi scored a penalty in Thursday evening's 5 - 0 Copa del Rey thrashing of lowly Elche — but that result is unlikely to dampen the talk of a crisis at the Nou Camp following the weekend defeat to David Moyes» Real Sociedad.

While the NFL Draft is not a perfect comparison to Wrestlemania being split, I think adding an extra day would dampen enthusiasm, at least, for me.

This, despite fears that moving the event from its established Miami home at Trump National Doral would increase security risks and dampen fan interest.

Proof of that may be the success of the games held at Wembley Stadium in London this season, where a burgeoning and impressionable market still showed in droves despite a poor on - field product and ugly off - field problems dampening excitement before the season began.

Bilic could ill - afford to have him dampen the atmosphere at the club and effect his teammates, and with new recruits arriving this month, he'll be confident that they've done enough to enjoy a successful life without Payet.