repression
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A stealthier and less obvious plan would be financial repression, in which interest rates are held down below the rate of nominal growth of the economy, which consists of real growth plus inflation.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
The United Nations has urged Burkina to reverse the decision to ban political parties and stop the repression of civic space.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Israeli strikes have inflicted havoc on the Islamic Republic’s internal repression apparatus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The country’s most vocal activists fled the island after Cuba’s repression of the nationwide protest on July 11, 2021 — the ones in which Duannis Taboada marched.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
The silence—driven by stigma and fear of shame—results in a repression of public thought, a collective denial of lived experience.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing repression
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "Beyond Vietnam" (1967)
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