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mute

[myoot] / mjut /




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Teymouri said while reviewing video evidence in the case, she had to watch the footage on mute due to the near “constant screaming” of children in the background.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Just enough context that the object isn’t mute anymore.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

The company said it would set a daily two-hour time limit, hide the number of likes that a post receives, remove autoplay on videos, mute push notifications during school hours, and ban extreme make-up filters.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

But officials have stayed mute about the number of missing people since the twin tremors struck on June 24.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

“A mute on a computer or phone means no sound at all.”

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

There is a “school mode” that mutes notifications during school hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Warsh also noted that constant guidance from the Fed mutes useful information from private markets that are often better at assessing prevailing economic conditions.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026

Hydralazine acts by binding to and blocking ADO, which means it effectively "mutes" that oxygen alarm.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2025

The farmers and miners got to hear the most intoxicating music on Earth from brassy cornet players and driving saxophonists, exotic trombone mutes, squealing trumpets and sultry clarinets.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024

Belén mutes the TV, and we all stare at each other, confused.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

Sidorov, turning to the French, winked, and began to jabber meaningless sounds very fast: "Kari, mala, tafa, safi, muter, Kaska," he said, trying to give an expressive intonation to his voice.

From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count

It troubled many more than King, but the members of the corps were muter than oysters.

From Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling

With the exception of muter, these readings could have been recovered by conjecture; given the separative interpolation at iii 44, F differs surprisingly little from the other manuscripts.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Mark Bear Akrigg

And muter than ever, pondering deeply, and secretly trembling in the queerest way, these two outwardly sedate young people returned to the Dower House....

From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Not to be slain himself, see Gellius handle his uncle's Lady; no Harpocrates muter, his uncle is hush'd.

From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Robinson Ellis

Particularly in these times, France wants her soldiers mute and professional, and the mutest and most professional is Maurice Gamelin.

From Time Magazine Archive

I name for instance, just to hover a little, silent Vanderpool, the mutest presence at the Upham board, and quite with no sense of the invidious in so doing.

From Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James

And himselfe, not I Inclin'd to this intelligence, pronounce The Beggery of his change: but 'tis your Graces That from my mutest Conscience, to my tongue, Charmes this report out Imo.

From Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

On these occasions my friend would listen to me with the mutest attention.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Charles Brockden Brown

The flying meteors backward glance On thee to gaze, And bright auroras softly dance In mutest praise; And, to and fro, With motion slow Wave the lamps whence colors flow.

From The Arctic Queen by Unknown

Nvidia’s stock has risen 14% this year — barely more than the S&P 500, and a relatively muted move in light of the big artificial-intelligence gains elsewhere in the market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

After a bleak end to last week, the Nasdaq composite has jumped over 1%, while the Dow industrials and oil prices are muted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

One of the remarkable things about this situation is the relatively muted practical impacts.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Goldman saw muted activity in some parts of its markets business, such as fixed income, currency and commodities, where revenues were "essentially unchanged," the firm said in a press release.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

The crash and roar of the water has been muted to a mumble at this distance, the waves are so far below.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

US oil giants reported lower earnings Friday with accounting effects muting the benefits of the Middle East oil shock, as ExxonMobil's CEO cautioned that crude prices could still increase.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

The limited age range for super catch-up contributions may be muting the benefit, according to Miklos Ringbauer, founder and principal of MiklosCPA, an accounting and tax-strategy firm.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

Teen accounts have also been restricted to include direct messaging only with people they follow or are already connected to and automatic muting during nighttime hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025

Ferrera knew her job was “to bring dimensions and layers” to her characters while muting the persistent commentary that “this is different.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

The shabby walls and worn stones seemed to shimmer as if a translucent silk veil covered them, muting any flaws and transforming the house into a dwelling of luminous light and delicate shadows.

From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin


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