squelches
Example Sentences
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What crushes confidence is uncertainty that squelches investment.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
But for the most part, this being a show about the possibilities of even the most minimal stage, a minimal stage makes an apt enough setting, and the style enhances more than it squelches.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2022
Antiretroviral treatment squelches HIV reproduction but sensitive tests show that even with the most effective treatments, small populations of white blood cells studded with the CD4 receptor harbor HIV’s DNA in a latent state.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 3, 2022
Not only does the cutoff block out external voices, he said, it also squelches “the internal voice of the population that wanted to speak out.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2021
That squelches my theory, which I didn’t believe in myself.
From Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
