mute
Example Sentences
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A muted price move reflects expectations that significant obstacles remain before Venezuelan oil is flowing more freely.
Financial markets were generally muted to start the week’s trading.
Even so, the impact on Chevron’s overall business is muted.
From Barron's
In Washington, the reaction was muted, a signal that Manus’s moves to avoid violating U.S. rules that restrict outbound investments in key technologies eased concern about its China ties.
That approach artificially muted the rent rises measured over October and November, many analysts argued, pulling down the overall inflation rate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
