suppression

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Used for lactation suppression, nutrition, a cute hat or coleslaw.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

After confirming eligibility, participants underwent a dexamethasone suppression test.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

Magistrate Hugh Donnelly said he would give his ruling on the suppression order on April 2.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Better land management, farming practices and suppression have tamed global fires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Being a suppression, not merely a repression, it produced not frustration, but something more ominous, perhaps, in the long rim: passivity.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin