as in suppresses
to keep from being publicly known
the governor vainly tried to cover up the growing scandal
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suppresses
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This dynamic suppresses wages and distorts labor competition.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025 -
This robust interface, enriched with lithium fluoride and lithium nitride, effectively suppresses dendrite formation.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Covers (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/covers%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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