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suppressed

[suh-prest] / səˈprɛst /














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You can never quite relax, because you're always just waiting for the raise of the eyebrow, the suppressed guffaw, the uninvited joke, whatever.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

He shifted his rhetoric, appealing to nationalist and religious sentiments, long suppressed under communism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

When this system is suppressed, cholera struggles to kill competing bacteria and cannot easily take over the intestinal environment.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

And an underpinning of loneliness and suppressed yearning.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Hazel suppressed his excitement and told everyone to keep out of the way while he went to see him alone.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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