as in restraint
the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others
learned that suppression of her angry feelings didn't necessarily make them go away
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Recent Examples of suppression
The gap in testing during the pandemic and the subsequent rise in new cases is an example of what could happen if federal funding wanes and HIV suppression work subsides.
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Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
This group covers about 6.4 million acres in west-central Texas, conducting both rain enhancement and hail suppression.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Alongside its January decision on TikTok, the ruling marks a new era in the court’s online First Amendment jurisprudence: the justices are increasingly willing to uphold government suppression of free speech for policy reasons.
—Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 5 July 2025
Firefighters are engaged in aggressive suppression efforts, supported by multiple aircraft and ground resources.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
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Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
This group covers about 6.4 million acres in west-central Texas, conducting both rain enhancement and hail suppression.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Alongside its January decision on TikTok, the ruling marks a new era in the court’s online First Amendment jurisprudence: the justices are increasingly willing to uphold government suppression of free speech for policy reasons.
—Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 5 July 2025
Firefighters are engaged in aggressive suppression efforts, supported by multiple aircraft and ground resources.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suppression
Noun
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At its core, Wimbledon is a British brand built on restraint: the all-white dress code, the absence of in-your-face, on-court branding, the strawberries and cream.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Critics say Trump has only become more dangerous, pursuing radical ideas without restraint.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 July 2025
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Mac's deeply closeted, Catholic-guilty homosexuality had been treated as a joke throughout the show's run, with the joke never truly being about Mac being gay, but about how his desperate repression had twisted him into a caricature of grasping masculinity.—
Dennis Perkins,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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The costs of academic repression, in other words, are not confined to elite institutions—they are borne by everyone.—
Matt Motta,
Scientific American,
10 July 2025
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But the promise of fiscal discipline has become a straightjacket.—
Oliver Eagleton,
Time,
5 July 2025
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Prior to Vida, the Fort Wayne native studied culinary disciplines including butchery at Ivy Tech's Fort Wayne and Indianapolis campuses.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
4 July 2025
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Before the month comes to a close, Mercury will station retrograde in Leo, activating your 12th house of secrets, surrender and your subconscious, bringing up old memories or inhibitions that have been clouding your clarity.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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Reservations and inhibitions have a way of slipping away in the Snake Pit.—
Shari Rudavsky,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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“Suppression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppression. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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