silent
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When Tamjidi told some older customers about the silent reading party, she said they were perplexed, asking, “Wait, so they would come and sit with each other, not talk, but just read silently?”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Velarde is silent when criticized, as he was in March by Peru’s current president, José María Balcázar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
“I think it’s emblematic of the way in which the ‘F’ at the FDA has often been silent — and food issues have often been deprioritized at the expense of drug issues,” she adds.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
The guns were supposed to have fallen silent.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
She did as her parents had instructed: she stayed in the cellar under the floorboards, still, mute, unmoving, barely breathing, until the house fell silent again.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Vocabulary lists containing silent
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ant, -ent
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Spelling Practice 2, Unit 8
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