- present participle of suppress.
suppressing
Example Sentences
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This is because the forces suppressing fertility are structural, including housing costs, later marriage, expanded opportunities for women and changing preferences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
"The world to a lot of us is very loud, very noisy, very crowded, very bright, very smelly, and it's exhausting suppressing your response to all of this and carrying on."
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
That’s led to fears that the tax, in some ways, is making the affordability crisis worse by suppressing new supply.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
"Depending on the type of fat that you consume, it can go completely different ways. We found that some fats promote cancer, as we would expect, while other fats are really good at suppressing cancer."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026
“You can see,” Amaranta Úrsula said, suppressing her laughter, “that she's not even breathing.”
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
