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occlude

[uh-klood] / əˈklud /


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To improve this, Dr Alexander suggests reducing headphone use time and using the transparency mode which can amplify the background noise as well as wearing headphones that don't completely occlude or block the ears.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

It would lead to voter confusion, especially since clerks would inevitably place some stickers a few centimeters off by accident, failing to fully occlude Kennedy’s name and accidentally blocking out another.

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2024

If clouds conspire to occlude your view, don’t fret: there are lots of sites where you can watch online.

From Scientific American • Aug. 11, 2023

He confided to me on another night that like so many people he has tried to hire, he knows that working for Breitbart will occlude his future.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2017

It may also be present with any foreign body whose size and shape are such as to occlude the lumen of the bronchus during its contracted expiratory phase.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier




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