burke

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  • Advertisement Amazon still faces another lawsuit brought by the FTC in 2023, which alleged that the company is an exploitative monopoly and illegally suppressed competition among online marketplaces.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The threats are so vague, and government power so extensive, that this will undoubtedly drive widespread self-censorship and suppress free expression across many communities out of fear.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Government shouldn't silence speech.
    Nicole Russell, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Just as the geographical Palestinian homeland must be seized by Zionist forces, all resistance quelled and all Indigenous Palestinians ultimately expelled and silenced forever, so too must any and all electronic trace of support for Palestinian freedom be expunged from the database.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Burke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burke. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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