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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

The giving of credentials.

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tone down

Part of Speechverb

To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.

In a Sentence

“Ask them to tone down that orange and pink color scheme a bit.”

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