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deterrence

noun

Definition of deterrencenext
as in discouragement

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Recent Examples of deterrence For now, Toossi said, Iran’s response will become a combination of economic adaptation and escalation deterrence. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 Every public lynching has hoped to serve this purpose of deterrence, and this once was no exception. — Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026 The carrier’s presence can also serve as a form of deterrence. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026 As the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises proceed, North Korea denounces them as invasion rehearsals, launches missiles and vows stronger deterrence, even as analysts say scaling back drills could weaken long-term allied readiness. — Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deterrence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deterrence
  1. discouragement
  2. instruction
  3. suppression
  4. repression
  5. charging
  6. bidding
  7. dictation
  8. direction
Noun
  • In a paper in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, members of the WTA’s performance and health staff stressed the importance of providing support, rather than discouragement, to athletes seeking to preserve their fertility.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Despite the feeling of discouragement that can come with the rejections and even ghostings applicants face, these internships — though sometimes few and far between — still exist.
    — Cami Fateh, Vogue, 15 July 2026
Definition of discouragement
Noun
  • Ask for the source, confirm the reservation, or reread the instructions yourself.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Yet his Parma team-mates ranked lowly too, suggesting this was a tactical instruction.
    — Aston Villa, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of instruction
Noun
  • And while suppression and the idea of living with fire appear to oppose each other, the same detection and real-time decision tools that let crews hit a fire hard and fast are exactly the tools needed to allow a fire to burn under safe conditions.
    — Matt Thompson, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Babcock has a strong history of sending goal-suppression lines over the boards.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of suppression
Noun
  • The worsening economic crisis led to weakness in the labor market, allowing employers to engage in wage repression and leading to further pressure on household incomes.
    — Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
  • But there was very real and concentrated state repression against the more militant aspects and members of these movements.
    — Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of repression
Noun
  • During charging, a lower-capacity cell can reach the upper voltage limit first.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The more expensive option comes with five hours of listening and 22 hours with the wireless charging case.
    — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of charging
Noun
  • After a bidding war, A24 UK landed the screen options and plans to turn the book into a miniseries with Silver serving as an executive producer.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The innuendo only encouraged the bidding — and the riding jokes — with two guests ultimately taking the experience at $120,000 each.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of bidding
Noun
  • There's interesting stuff happening on the hardware side of dictation too.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Wispr faces serious competition from the biggest names in tech—Apple, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, and OpenAI—who’ve all been chasing dictation and voice in some form.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of dictation
Noun
  • Our study takes only a tiny step – but still a step – in that direction, helping to nail down the mechanism of exotic superconductivity in graphene.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The Florida Department of Transportation website notes that at least one lane in each direction will remain open at all times.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of direction

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