1
as in cooling
to become still and orderly
the whole room hushed when the queen made her entrance
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2
as in quieting (down)
to stop talking
the principal asked the children to hush and pay attention during the ceremony
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3
as in shushing
to stop the noise or speech of
he tried to hush the baby by making a lot of silly faces
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Aside from electricity production, geothermal systems efficiently provide heating and cooling through ground-source heat pumps.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025 -
Delta’s premium ticket sales have risen 9% from a year ago, and the carrier doesn’t see signs of higher-end travel demand cooling.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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In the clip, the then-6-year-old can be seen walking with his iPad to the next room and shushing everyone.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Booing begins, and then shushing, and then booing again.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Tresemmé Lamellar Gloss Finishing Oil is what stands between you and shampoo-ad levels of shine, locking in luster and quieting frizz with its mix of sunflower, coconut, and macadamia oils.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Nine of those points came in a 16-0 third quarter run that turned a seven-point deficit into a 61-52 lead heading to the fourth, quieting the packed house in San Francisco’s Chase Center.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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Lawmakers are bracing for another Senate vote attempting to end the government shutdown as the impact of funding drying up continues to ripple across the country nearly two weeks into the standoff.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Once the washing is done, the drying system circulates warm air – 110 °F (43 °C) – through carpet fibers, drying up to 400 sq ft of carpet in around two hours.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Oct. 2025
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After the state distributor Embrafilme was dismantled in 1990, national production nearly collapsed, silencing a generation of filmmakers.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
12 Oct. 2025
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To start by burning books, silencing thinkers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Oct. 2025
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And Democrats will remain the side fond of muting dissent.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Echo chambers can emerge, amplifying consensus while muting dissenting expertise.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Hushing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hushing. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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