quelling

Example Sentences

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The shift away from equating AI agents with human workers has less to do with quelling human anxiety over layoffs and job replacement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

What begins as punishing a joke quickly becomes quelling dissent.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

Central Asian countries can lower unemployment and poverty rates, quelling potential unrest among their swelling young populations.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

At the same time, Los Angeles Police Department officials report increasing success in quelling violence and property damage in the city’s core, thanks in part to an 8 p.m. curfew imposed this week.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

Instead of quelling the laughter of the two men who sat with him, it merely increased it.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy