squelches
Example Sentences
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What crushes confidence is uncertainty that squelches investment.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
As she explained in a recent phone call, she was gobsmacked by the result, a dance track that mixes laser squelches, piano chords, a skittering beat and Croft’s wistful vocals.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 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
Which he shorely squelches the Astors; they jest simply lay down an' wept at sech grandeur.
From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry
