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plural of mute
as in dampers
a device on a musical instrument that deadens or softens its tone I was practicing my trumpet at three in the morning when the mute fell out, and I managed to wake everyone up

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mutes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mute
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as in silences
to stop the noise or speech of muted the television while she was on the phone

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Recent Examples of mutes
Noun
Combined mode shows the total level for both inputs and mutes both at once. Phil Nickinson, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutes
Noun
  • One is the dampers and the top teams in the series all have active programs to try to improve the dampers to maximize the handling and grip.
    Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Paired with adaptive dampers, this hardware enables advanced driver-assistance features and lays the groundwork for future updates.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Proposition 50 almost completely silences minority California viewpoints in Congress until January 2033 – with no chance of changing any legislative outcomes.
    Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This cultural divide silences companies and delays progress, while all the while AI is amplifying the threat.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As dusk falls, the Himalayas blush pink, and the village quiets—wrapped in mountain shadow, the hush broken only by distant chanting and wind.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • But when that noise quiets, the brain doesn’t just go idle.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The top itself is an eight-layer cloth construction that satisfyingly hushes the cabin when raised.
    Brett Berk, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Autumn hushes the Codrii forest, where mushrooms push through damp soil and the air smells of woodsmoke and moss.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When the smoke settles (quite literally) and people return, their bodies suffer the consequences, and our hospitals have the evidence.
    Lahari Vuppaladhadiam, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That settles into a spicy suede with cardamom and benzoin, before warming into tonka bean, amber, and musk.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Mutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutes. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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