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suppress

[suh-pres] / səˈprɛs /


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"What I was doing to suppress those emotions was not normal and it was not healthy."

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

In OPA1-deficient females, however, its ability to suppress appetite was significantly weaker.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

El Nino weather conditions, which have developed this year, usually suppress Atlantic hurricane activity.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Instead of trying to suppress mosquito numbers, his approach releases both males and females carrying the same strain, so their eggs hatch normally but the bacteria spreads through the population.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

The worst aspect of the Velikovsky affair is not that his hypotheses were wrong or in contradiction to firmly established facts, but that some who called themselves scientists attempted to suppress Velikovsky’s work.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Warming suppresses upwelling — which normally allows colder, deeper and nutrient-rich ocean water to rise closer to the surface.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

This suppresses appetite and keeps people feeling fuller for longer, helping them to lose weight.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Heat domes are large areas of high pressure, where sinking air suppresses development of precipitation and clouds, allowing heat to build up over days and weeks.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

One group, known as Purkinje cells, suppresses activity in another group called deep cerebellar nuclei cells.

From Science Daily Jul. 1, 2026

Tagoe suppresses his tic often because his neck jerking around every other minute is not only uncomfortable, but it also makes him look unapproachable and wild.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

Elected in 2023, Tinubu has used his first term to push through ambitious economic reforms, including ending a costly fuel subsidy that for years had indirectly suppressed prices throughout the economy.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

“I believe the VIX is currently being suppressed by options flows and other dynamics. Those effects should diminish after tomorrow’s expiration,” Kramer said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Public shows of dissent have been suppressed by wartime censorship laws and can trigger hefty fines or long prison sentences.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Organic optoelectronic devices such as solar cells and lasers can perform better when unwanted triplet states are suppressed.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

But his insights were suppressed, his influence on history made minor.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

El Nino, a natural climate pattern when sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become unusually warm, tends to promote hurricane activity in the Pacific while suppressing it in the Atlantic.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

"We think there's nothing else out there that has such a strong and durable tumor growth suppressing effect," Dr. Bradbury said.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

"The world to a lot of us is very loud, very noisy, very crowded, very bright, very smelly, and it's exhausting suppressing your response to all of this and carrying on."

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Visa barriers and broader geopolitical concerns are suppressing international travel demand, the report said.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2026

“Oh, nothing,” he said, but he was suppressing a small smile in that way that makes you say: “What?”

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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