as in to censor
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Recent Examples of muzzle
Toshi Hirabayashi, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Talley also argued that home surveillance video also indicated there was no muzzle flash, which was also consistent with an accidental misfire.
—Hetty Chang, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
John Tamny, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
History is full of tragic situations where political and religious leaders have tried to muzzle and persecute scientists.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Noun
That’s about 15 times as fast as a rifle’s muzzle speed.
—Toshi Hirabayashi, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Talley also argued that home surveillance video also indicated there was no muzzle flash, which was also consistent with an accidental misfire.
—Hetty Chang, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
Credit is an effect of information, and the CFPB is trying to muzzle it.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
History is full of tragic situations where political and religious leaders have tried to muzzle and persecute scientists.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muzzle
Noun
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Even with their long beaks and dives from up to 100 feet in the air, brown pelicans are too buoyant to get much deeper than six feet into the water, Bergeron said, suggesting their strandings may be a sign of bigger problems to come.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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The crafty creatures will use their beaks to throw bits of coral at albatross eggs, then exploit the cracks in the shell and feed.—
Carlyn Kranking,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Cutting funds relevant to these groups or censoring materials reflecting their experiences deepens their marginalization and chills dissent.—
Laura Backstrom,
Scientific American,
8 May 2025
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These friendships were broken up by violence, censored in films or simply abandoned by women themselves in the face of the dominant patriarchal norms.—
Laura Mills,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2025
Noun
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Instead, this species had mandibles that ran forward parallel to the head and facial projection closer to its eyes.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
24 Apr. 2025
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At first, researchers tried to extract DNA from the mandible.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Burke silenced the Royals early at Kauffman Stadium.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
7 May 2025
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Over time, this avoidance can silence even the most passionate voices.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
Noun
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To finish the meal, don’t skip out on the Claridge’s chocolate, a combination of chocolate mousse, brownie, cocoa nib, caramel and hot chocolate sauce.—
Rachel Dube,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Almond Sable Cookies with Cacao Nibs This vegan version of a rich, delicate, crumbly sable, the classic French cookie named for its tender texture, uses only a handful of ingredients, including coconut oil, almond meal, sugar, flour and cacao nibs.—
Betty Hallock,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Kardashian told the judge she was tied up, gagged and thrown into a bathroom.—
Aicha El Hammar Castano,
ABC News,
13 May 2025
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On the night of Oct. 6, 2016, Kardashian was by herself in her room at the No Address Hotel in Paris when five men dressed as policemen broke in, tied up her feet and hands and gagged her before putting her in a bathtub.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
13 May 2025
Noun
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The Cook County Sheriff’s Office decided to reopen the Gacy file in 2011 as a cold case, exhuming bone fragments and sending eight sets of mandibles and maxilla to the CHI lab in Fort Worth for DNA processing.—
David Montesino,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Jan. 2024
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Thomas' team looked at the maxilla, or the upper part of the dog's jaw, because those tooth roots are best for DNA sampling, and researchers were able to pull samples from three specimens.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2023
Noun
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According to the nonpartisan group Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Trump's agenda items and the GOP's priorities in the bill are estimated to cost more than $11 trillion over the next ten years, which Republicans are working to offset by cutting spending in other areas.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Those who are watching this movement's legislative efforts closely believe there is little chance that any of these bills will become law anytime soon.—
Odette Yousef,
NPR,
8 May 2025
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“Muzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muzzle. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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