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put to rest

VERB

lay to rest

Synonyms

WEAK

annul bring to a close bury cancel entomb hold a funeral inter invalidate lay in the grave negate nullify put an end to put six feet under revoke undo void

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Those fears have been put to rest now that Neukgu has been safely caught.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

That put to rest speculation that Micron wouldn’t be a supplier of HBM4 for the new Nvidia chips, or at least that it would miss out initially.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

But it hasn’t put to rest concerns that markets are pricing in too many reductions in 2026.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

Those concerns were put to rest soon after Rebag started posting bags for sale in June.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

All the old fears I had long ago put to rest, which I thought were well buried and forgotten, rose up again to haunt me.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

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