suppressive

Example Sentences

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After receiving the transplants, the mice no longer needed immune suppressive drugs or insulin at any point during the six-month study.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

The book was banned in Boston — a phrase for suppressive moral outrage that survives to this day.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

So, initially, scientists were surprised to find these suppressive cells persisting in mothers well beyond childbirth.

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

That is why I believe protecting libraries from suppressive movements is a societal necessity.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

The Treatment of Acute Diseases by Natural Methods In the preceding chapters we have described the results of the wrong, that is, suppressive treatment of acute diseases.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry