- present participle of suppress.
suppressing
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Lai’s office condemned acts carried out “with the aim of suppressing, threatening, or even harming advocates of freedom and democracy and their families,” Kuo said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The researchers wanted to know whether suppressing NUDT5 in this way would also change the effects of 6-TG.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
For the X-59 it's about suppressing sonic booms on a budget and nothing else.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
"By identifying this specific protective pathway, we may be able to develop more targeted therapeutic approaches that restore intestinal balance instead of broadly suppressing immune responses."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
He had the look of a man suppressing his thoughts.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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