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suppress

[suh-pres] / səˈprɛs /


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The U.S. can exploit sanctions to suppress the black market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

This distinction is important because it suggests that LPC70 does not simply increase or suppress all prostaglandin activity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

People do not become Olympic gold medalists because they suppress impulses all day long.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

Strong El Niño events typically suppress Atlantic hurricanes while boosting activity across parts of the Pacific, a pattern that has also been observed during 2026.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Recent medical research has revealed that DDD does strongly suppress the function of the human adrenal cortex.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

An aging population and chronic economic anemia raise questions about whether Tokyo ever will repay the debt, a worry that all else being equal suppresses demand for Japanese assets and thus the yen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

"I am fed up of going on stuff that masks and suppresses the symptoms rather than treating the actual problem," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

To accomplish this, they used the gene to produce a protein that suppresses neural activity.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

Tagoe suppresses his tic often because his neck jerking around every other minute is not only uncomfortable, but it also makes him look unapproachable and wild.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

While he certainly has enemies among the religious and royals he has suppressed or imprisoned, he controls the kingdom’s military.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

What stands out is that implied correlations have been suppressed since January 2023, around the same time SPY began to outperform RSP.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026

It has been a record-breakingly quiet Atlantic season so far with development suppressed by the growing El Niño pattern.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Inspired by the museum’s Soviet Hippie collection, an archive that documents the suppressed Soviet subculture of the 1960s through photos, clothing and memorabilia, the workshops use historical events as foundations for creative prompts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Tobias’s lack of expression; his anger afterward, suppressed for the sake of my sanity.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

This finding provides evidence that the inflammatory response driven by microglia contributes directly to sleep disruption and that suppressing this response can reverse at least some of the associated sleep problems.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

"These findings provide the first evidence that psilocybin can selectively reduce escalated aggression in a vertebrate model without suppressing social interaction," added senior author Dr. Suzie Currie, a biologist at The University of British Columbia.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

This had the effect of suppressing mortgage rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

For the X-59 it's about suppressing sonic booms on a budget and nothing else.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

He looked over at me, suppressing a grin.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys


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