as in to censor
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Recent Examples of muzzle
Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
In an effort to ensure gun saftey on set, the show used fake muzzle flashes on set without using blanks or explosives.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Lizz Winstead, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
The previous week, Oli’s government had banned twenty-six social-media and messaging platforms—including Facebook and X—for failing to comply with elaborate regulations introduced, as a multitude of Nepalis saw it, to muzzle people’s speech.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Second, Henze is not afraid to use a muzzle to manage her pups.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
In an effort to ensure gun saftey on set, the show used fake muzzle flashes on set without using blanks or explosives.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
Our constitutional protections exist for this exact moment—for when the government tries to muzzle the people who challenge it.
—Lizz Winstead, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
The previous week, Oli’s government had banned twenty-six social-media and messaging platforms—including Facebook and X—for failing to comply with elaborate regulations introduced, as a multitude of Nepalis saw it, to muzzle people’s speech.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muzzle
Noun
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The most distinctive features are the bold black-and-white bands across the head and through the eyes, but the yellow beak and the unspotted gray breast are easy ways to confidently identify this dapper bird.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Bob Ross painting a landscape as his pet crow holds a paintbrush in its beak.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The investigations into teachers’ social media posts has created a climate of vulnerability and fear, Boyd said, where both teachers and even students start self-censoring when engaging in public discourse.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s FCC chairman, James Lawrence Fly, warned the networks about censoring news commentators.—
Michael J. Socolow,
The Conversation,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That calls for a little extra creativity from its mom — and the movie’s narrator (Emilia Clarke) — who wriggles her mandibles and gets to work embellishing upon what Dahl imagined.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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Similar to a mouthguard, a MAD holds the lower jaw (mandible) and tongue forward, keeping the airway open.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Field hockey In the Middlesex league, Ava Anderson, Aisling Brennock, Sophia Setouhi and Kaylee Master each scored a goal while Natalia Keuchkarian got the shutout as Watertown silenced Arlington 4-0.—
Kristina Banahan,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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The priest held up his hand to silence the crowd.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Polyphenol compounds in cacao nibs can have beneficial health effects on blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose control, and more.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
11 Sep. 2025
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Samsung includes a hexagonal S Pen patterned after a yellow No. 2 pencil, now with a larger nib for improved writing.—
PCMag Staff,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The little mechanized lady at the heart of M3GAN became a viral sensation even before the movie was released, with choreography that instantly gagged the entire gay internet.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
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The most terrifying part, however, will truly leave you gagging.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The jugal bone, or what could be called the cheekbone, and the maxilla, or jawbone, are fused, Bertozzo said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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For those eager to travel further afield this Halloween season, a jaunt to the Transylvanian Alps should fit the bill.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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A lot of people think things aren't working, that the economy is rigged against them, and that hard work no longer pays the bills.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Muzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muzzle. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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