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silence

[sahy-luhns] / ˈsaɪ ləns /




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Amanda is enraptured with its aspirational luxury: “The house had that hush expensive houses do. Silence meant the house was plumb, solid, its organs working in happy harmony.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Bellowing "Silence, everyone!" to terrified parliamentarians, the man with a bushy moustache and shiny tricorn quickly caught the public's attention in an image engraved on the nation's collective memory.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Saxon, who produced “The Silence of the Lambs,” is also well aware that physical media can be a “nice piece of business for the studios.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Silence or an absence of reaction do not imply consent, the law says.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

Silence settles, and in silence they bear coffins.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez




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