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put to rest

VERB

lay to rest

Synonyms

WEAK

annul bring to a close bury cancel entomb hold a funeral inter invalidate lay in the grave negate nullify put an end to put six feet under revoke undo void

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The April jobs report, released on Friday, should put to rest concerns about the strength of the U.S. labor market.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

That put to rest speculation that Micron wouldn’t be a supplier of HBM4 for the new Nvidia chips, or at least that it would miss out initially.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Those concerns were put to rest soon after Rebag started posting bags for sale in June.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

The Domingo sketches need to be put to rest.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025

It was her fencing hand, so although she came back after the surgery, she wasn’t quite the same fencer, and any hope of her making the team instead of me was quietly put to rest.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

put to rest

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