suppress
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In OPA1-deficient females, however, its ability to suppress appetite was significantly weaker.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
And last week, New Jersey sued Amazon, alleging the e-commerce giant illegally used its dominance over its package-delivery network to suppress wages and working conditions for thousands of delivery drivers while preventing them from organizing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Instead of trying to suppress mosquito numbers, his approach releases both males and females carrying the same strain, so their eggs hatch normally but the bacteria spreads through the population.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The UN human rights chief has said he is alarmed by the rise in executions in Iran, with capital punishment continuing to be used "to instil fear among the population and suppress dissent".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
They were very much trying to suppress a vote to give Spares more rights and believed that was the extent of the fake Uncles’ agenda.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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Warming suppresses upwelling — which normally allows colder, deeper and nutrient-rich ocean water to rise closer to the surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
To accomplish this, they used the gene to produce a protein that suppresses neural activity.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Heat domes are large areas of high pressure, where sinking air suppresses development of precipitation and clouds, allowing heat to build up over days and weeks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Borrowers who are highly qualified are often more likely to overpay because their lack of approval anxiety suppresses the motivation to comparison shop, according to the research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Tobias’s mouth twitches, as if in a smile, but if that’s what it was, he suppresses it.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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For example, in El Niño years the southwest monsoon can deliver suppressed rainfall in South Asia - and so far in 2026 it is running well below normal.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Known as 'expression quantitative trait loci', these switches can be thought of as volume controls that influence how strongly particular genes are activated or suppressed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Elected in 2023, Tinubu has used his first term to push through ambitious economic reforms, including ending a costly fuel subsidy that for years had indirectly suppressed prices throughout the economy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The aim was to expand U.S. influence in Europe, promote ideas suppressed behind the Iron Curtain and, more specifically, expose Soviet culture as staid and doctrinaire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Videos? Annabeth muttered, which was basically calling herself an idiot in Greek. Her second-in-command, Malcolm, suppressed a smile. “
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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El Nino, a natural climate pattern when sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become unusually warm, tends to promote hurricane activity in the Pacific while suppressing it in the Atlantic.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
By suppressing their activity, OL reduced inflammatory and fibrotic changes in SFs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
"The world to a lot of us is very loud, very noisy, very crowded, very bright, very smelly, and it's exhausting suppressing your response to all of this and carrying on."
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
That’s led to fears that the tax, in some ways, is making the affordability crisis worse by suppressing new supply.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Peeta shakes his head, but he’s still suppressing a smile.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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