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inhibited

[in-hib-i-tid] / ɪnˈhɪb ɪ tɪd /


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When scientists inhibited ERRγ in muscle cells grown in the laboratory, the transition between fiber types stopped entirely.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

"Oversharing policy deliberations and overcommitting to future decisions can lead markets, businesses, and households astray," he said, adding it also inhibited the Fed the "freedom to make the right calls when it's time to decide".

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Possibly the same fear of making value judgments that has inhibited Bonnie from imposing common-sense discipline in her classroom has robbed “For Want of a Horse” of a propulsive point of view.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

The US State Department said last year that "official complicity, including at senior levels, inhibited effective law enforcement action against trafficking crimes" in Cambodia.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

But here among my own less inhibited people, I discovered it was simply letting your feet, hands and body spontaneously act out whatever impulses were stirred by the music.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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