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"This offers a tangible path toward creating a medication that has a similar quieting effect as meditation."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 2, 2026

And yet it is precisely a lack of hyperbole or hysteria—a quieting control, one might say — that makes it so moving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

Throughout his campaign, Cox told me, Zuckerman had downplayed his anti-immigration views, and he had succeeded in quieting his opponents.

From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024

Showing no early jitters, Martin completed nine of his first 11 passes while quieting a crowd of 110,047 that was the 10th biggest in the history of this stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2024

“These giant trees are incredible,” Sue said, her voice quieting.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz


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