mute

It’s kind of like a lot of folks might go into a restaurant or a bar with the TV tuned to a game, but on mute.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

That the mute infant art form soon relied on fashions that excited the eye should come as no surprise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Just enough context that the object isn’t mute anymore.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

"I think at some stage we need to open the communication channels because, you know, you can't have a conversation if you're pressing the mute button," but "so far there's no timeline for it".

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

He had never even caught on to the fact that the mute made no answers.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

There is a “school mode” that mutes notifications during school hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Warsh also noted that constant guidance from the Fed mutes useful information from private markets that are often better at assessing prevailing economic conditions.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026

Hydralazine acts by binding to and blocking ADO, which means it effectively "mutes" that oxygen alarm.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2025

The farmers and miners got to hear the most intoxicating music on Earth from brassy cornet players and driving saxophonists, exotic trombone mutes, squealing trumpets and sultry clarinets.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024

A haze mutes not only the birds and beasts, but people, too.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Sidorov, turning to the French, winked, and began to jabber meaningless sounds very fast: "Kari, mala, tafa, safi, muter, Kaska," he said, trying to give an expressive intonation to his voice.

From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count

At xiv 7 it has the probably correct muter for mittar, also found in Bodleianus Canon. lat.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Mark Bear Akrigg

It troubled many more than King, but the members of the corps were muter than oysters.

From Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling

Not to be slain himself, see Gellius handle his uncle's Lady; no Harpocrates muter, his uncle is hush'd.

From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Robinson Ellis

In vain:—the song that Sappho gave,   In dying, to the mournful sea, Not muter slept beneath the wave   Than this within my memory.

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by William Michael Rossetti

Particularly in these times, France wants her soldiers mute and professional, and the mutest and most professional is Maurice Gamelin.

From Time Magazine Archive

The flying meteors backward glance On thee to gaze, And bright auroras softly dance In mutest praise; And, to and fro, With motion slow Wave the lamps whence colors flow.

From The Arctic Queen by Unknown

And himselfe, not I Inclin'd to this intelligence, pronounce The Beggery of his change: but 'tis your Graces That from my mutest Conscience, to my tongue, Charmes this report out Imo.

From Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

Not I, Inclin'd to this intelligence, pronounce The beggary of his change; but 'tis your graces That from my mutest conscience to my tongue Charms this report out.

From Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

I name for instance, just to hover a little, silent Vanderpool, the mutest presence at the Upham board, and quite with no sense of the invidious in so doing.

From Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James

If approved by the California Supreme Court, the immediate effect could be relatively muted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

But for now, the criticism remains relatively muted.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

In contrast, Malaysia's official rhetoric on the haze has been relatively muted.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Investors paused a selloff in artificial-intelligence stocks after the Nasdaq notched its worst day since June in the previous session, but sentiment was muted as oil prices continued to rise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The clicks were muted by the lead; he would have to concentrate.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

US oil giants reported lower earnings Friday with accounting effects muting the benefits of the Middle East oil shock, as ExxonMobil's CEO cautioned that crude prices could still increase.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

The limited age range for super catch-up contributions may be muting the benefit, according to Miklos Ringbauer, founder and principal of MiklosCPA, an accounting and tax-strategy firm.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

Teen accounts have also been restricted to include direct messaging only with people they follow or are already connected to and automatic muting during nighttime hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025

Ferrera knew her job was “to bring dimensions and layers” to her characters while muting the persistent commentary that “this is different.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

Brown electric lines hung low in the smoky air, and a thin layer of ash covered everything like snow, muting sound as well as color.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz