clamped down

verb

past tense of clamp down
as in turned back

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  1. turned back
  2. checked
  3. arrested
  4. stamped
  5. suppressed
  6. suspended
  7. stunted
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  • At a polling station in Rio de Janeiro, the voting machines had already been switched off minutes after polls were set to close and couldn't be turned back on.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • At a polling station in Rio de Janeiro, the voting machines had already been switched off minutes after polls were set to close and couldn’t be turned back on.
    — Eléonore Hughes, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of turned back
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  • Hale says people should have their skin checked annually starting at 18 years old.
    — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In one analysis, researchers checked whether medical treatment changed overall mortality rates.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of checked
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  • The officers eventually got the driver out of the vehicle and arrested him.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Authorities arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of arson.
    — Geir Moulson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
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  • There is a complimentary personalization service, and each piece can be gold-stamped with up to three initials.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, his team developed SynthID, an imperceptible, incorruptible digital watermark now stamped to anything generated by Google AI, but also OpenAI, Nvidia, Kakao, and, soon, Apple.
    — Daniel Varghese, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of stamped
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  • The workers organized a strike, but their efforts were brutally suppressed.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • For 15 years multiple rounds of quantitative easing kept yields suppressed below 3% and often even close to zero, returns which are hardly competitive with stocks.
    — Justin Zacks, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of suppressed
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  • Sigma Phi Epsilon isn't among the five fraternities that are currently listed as suspended.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • While the league rulebook states what should happen during the anthem, the protocols were suspended years ago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of suspended
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  • Special teams stunted momentum There were no bright spots Sunday.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The brightest highlight was Blue Ivy, who stunted on the Jumbotron with her prowess on the piano.
    — Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of stunted
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