Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clamped down
Verb
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That price is a high one and, in lieu of information on their potential backers, neither of the two parties turned back this weekend look able to meet it.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025 -
Instead, they were turned back to the locker room.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
17 Aug. 2025
Verb
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They were not allowed to say goodbye to the two men who were arrested, and they were forced to stand around for about three hours while the federal agents checked their records.—
Janhvi Bhojwani,
NBC news,
29 Aug. 2025
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Pack light to avoid carrying heavy bags to the theater, where bags are checked.—
Emma Caldwell,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The 41-year-old driver has been arrested, police said.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Farthing was arrested in Florida days after his lottery win and body camera footage from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office shows the Kentuckian being tased and tackled by deputies after attempting to flee following a bar fight.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For Swifties, that number felt serendipitous with the singer's favorite number, 13, stamped into the record.—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
30 Aug. 2025
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For Swifties, that number felt serendipitous with the singer's favorite number, 13, stamped into the record.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Defenders shot down or suppressed 112 drones, the air force said.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025
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Until the 1960s, members of this Indigenous minority were discouraged from reindeer herding, and the church and state suppressed their language and culture.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Dallas Cowboys’ season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday was suspended for about an hour because of lightning in the area.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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Former Houston Dynamo midfielder Hector Herrera was suspended three games in November 2024 for spitting in the direction of a referee during a regular-season match.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Don’t harvest cilantro that is too small or its growth may be stunted and leaves may lack flavor.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 Aug. 2025
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As a result, the upper-pressure ridges that have started have been stunted in their growth.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Clamped down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamped%20down. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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