mute
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Just enough context that the object isn’t mute anymore.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Can you mute parents' WhatsApp groups and just focus on official school emails?
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
His mute misadventures are the purest expression of animation’s freedom to do and draw anything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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
The boy may not have been mute for five years, but he was not the talkative type.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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
And then Dad mutes the TV and says, "You know Dr. Porter?"
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
It troubled many more than King, but the members of the corps were muter than oysters.
From Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling
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
At xiv 7 it has the probably correct muter for mittar, also found in Bodleianus Canon. lat.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Mark Bear Akrigg
In vain:—the song that Sappho gave, In dying, to the mournful sea, Not muter slept beneath the wave Than this within my memory.
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by William Michael Rossetti
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
Particularly in these times, France wants her soldiers mute and professional, and the mutest and most professional is Maurice Gamelin.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
Not I, Inclin'd to this intelligence, pronounce The beggary of his change; but 'tis your graces That from my mutest conscience to my tongue Charms this report out.
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
As part of the deal, the firm promised to enact two-hour daily time limits for young users, along with night-time blocks on use, muted notifications during school hours, and other changes.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
This is why the sight of empty seats in high school gymnasiums and muted cable coverage that tell a less flattering story cuts so deeply.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026
The car’s muted voice is likewise an artifact of stricter sound-pollution requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
But that’s had only a muted impact on rising yields.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Once the video of my speech finished playing, I quickly muted the live YouTube video and switched to another window where the Zoom call was already loaded.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Strout’s narrative also flashes forward at times, muting suspense, revealing more than we might wish.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
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
The moon above spread its light generously, muting the ruins and wreckage.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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