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Recent Examples of shush
Sheppard immediately popped up from his scoring catch and shushed the Knights students, whose jeers were well within earshot.
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2024
Soothing may involve shushing your child, patting their back, offering a pacifier, or using white noise, says Marisa Rodriguez, newborn care specialists, and founder and CEO of Luxe Baby Custom Newborn Care.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 17 Sep. 2024
When gymnasts tried to cut the silence by cheering on their competitors during the beam final, the crowd shushed loudly.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
No music played on the building’s speakers, and the crowd of 10,000 fell almost completely silent, to the extent that when coaches and teammates tried to cheer the gymnasts on during their routines, the crowed shushed them.
—Alice Park / Paris, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2024
Soothing may involve shushing your child, patting their back, offering a pacifier, or using white noise, says Marisa Rodriguez, newborn care specialists, and founder and CEO of Luxe Baby Custom Newborn Care.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 17 Sep. 2024
When gymnasts tried to cut the silence by cheering on their competitors during the beam final, the crowd shushed loudly.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
No music played on the building’s speakers, and the crowd of 10,000 fell almost completely silent, to the extent that when coaches and teammates tried to cheer the gymnasts on during their routines, the crowed shushed them.
—Alice Park / Paris, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shush
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Attempts to question Fernández de Kirchner’s authority are silenced brutally – just ask ex president Alberto Fernández, or Axel Kicillof.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Kennedy’s allies and a dedicated PAC, American Values 2024, have framed opposition to his selection as having been orchestrated by pharmaceutical companies to silence him and impede his efforts to make America healthy.—
Brandy Zadrozny,
NBC News,
9 Jan. 2025
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Giddy with excitement over the end of season win, Biles posted a video of her and her friend after the game attempting to celebrate quietly while hushing and grinning ear to ear.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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Squabbling coaches — Tindall had put his fingers to his lips to hush Unai Emery after Duran’s departure, earning invective in response — added to the sense of renaissance.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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Despite strong performances from other pharmaceutical giants like Eli Lilly stock (up 31%) and AbbVie stock (up 15%), Johnson & Johnson’s stock performance has been muted.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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December was particularly muted in China, pulling in $321 million, ranking as the eighth-best month of the year and falling 46% short of pre-pandemic levels.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2025
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In one version, the parents of the child do not do anything to try to quiet their child down; in the other version, the parents try their hardest to keep the child quiet.—
Christian B. Miller,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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The win-or-else stakes on Sunday should quiet any personal animosity, in theory.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Invitation agreed to settle the lawsuit for $48 million.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Jan. 2025
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Musk, as the head of Tesla, has enormous economic exposure to China through the automaker and will want trade policy between the two superpowers to be settled as soon as possible rather than let tensions rise.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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In order to save time, space, or money, audio companies will often take the design of a larger, more expensive device and dumb it down slightly to make a product that's more accessible, and probably better for most of us.—
Parker Hall,
WIRED,
6 May 2021
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To dumb it down, think about how action figures of the past had limited points of articulation.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
11 Sep. 2024
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“Shush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shush. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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