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To further slash the dialogue, the main protagonist is mute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

“The coming IPO wave may dampen forward market returns, mute further multiple expansion, and possibly interrupt sector trends,” wrote strategists at BCA Research.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

She stood mute when a reporter confronted her at Los Angeles International Airport about her absence.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

All that is likely to mute any potential further stock increases from what looks like a solid quarter on the surface.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Then at last his attention rested on the mute at the middle table.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

“The ruling mutes the noisiest channel of tariff risk, but it does not end the story. It removes the air-raid siren, not the arsenal.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 22, 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

In addition, because these interventions must be opposed not through an election but through litigation in state courts, the forum itself mutes the public voice.

From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2023

With the remote control attached to her hand, she raises her arm toward the TV and mutes the sound.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

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 Rossetti, William Michael

At xiv 7 it has the probably correct muter for mittar, also found in Bodleianus Canon. lat.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear

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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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 Akrigg, Mark Bear

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 Tolstoy, Leo, graf

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Shakespeare, William

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

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 James, Henry

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

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

Gas prices sank 10% in June to largely account for the decline, but the cost of many other goods and services were also muted.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Accounts that share harmful material can also be blocked, muted and, where appropriate, reported.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

But the gain in energy stocks appeared relatively muted when compared with moves seen in other sectors that investors believed could suffer collateral damage.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

England muted some of Mexico's momentum early on.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Because of the tall crape myrtles and elms standing outside the windows, the light that filtered into the Hall of the Gods always looked a little muted.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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

To make it a full month without buying, Piper suggests muting and unfollowing anything that encourages spending, like marketing emails or Instagram accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

Her back was to the gallery, and the flow of the mesarthium made no sound, but she felt it in the muting of the souls on the ends of her tethers.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor