repress

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Recent Examples of repress Neither film mentions the pandemic, but both show how a circle of moneyed, urban sophisticates represses feelings about death and anxiety. Armond White, National Review, 2 Apr. 2025 The woman has almost completely repressed them, revisiting them only at the very end of her life. Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025 According to the prosecution, Eileen repressed her memory of the murder. Gabrielle Principe, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2025 There’s no shortage of video, transcripts and legislative action in which Rubio defends democratic principles such as freedom of assembly and vilifies countries that repress those freedoms. Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for repress
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repress
Verb
  • But its assertions are characteristic of the Trump administration’s systemic denial of trans lives, and signal further movement by HHS toward policies that seek to suppress trans identities among young people.
    Samantha Riedel, Them., 1 May 2025
  • The Empire started mining the planet for energy and suppressing the Ghormans, so the upstart rebels attack a transport ship full of supplies.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • At the time, according to Mark Green, an IRS spokesman, Congress believed deductions for personal interest encouraged people to consume and stifle savings.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
  • The students met regularly and secretly with their professors to study literature, philosophy and theology from the Catholic intellectual tradition, banned by the Nazi regime as part of Hitler’s strategy to first stifle and then strangle the Catholic Church in Germany.
    Peter Nguyen, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The Trump administration has engaged in efforts to quell dissent in corporate America, the civil service, universities and the media.
    Katie Benner, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Seemingly hoping to quell the backlash, the strange fliers seem like an attempt to push back by sowing discord.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • According to Egyptian mythology, Nut swallows the sun god Ra each night and gives birth to him each morning, symbolizing the solar cycle.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 1 May 2025
  • Instead, the officials swallowed their whistles, and Detroit fell 3-1 in the series.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Hundreds of Ghor are killed, stormtroopers patrol the streets, and KX-series security droids are unleashed like hulking monsters, subduing random humans to death.
    Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 7 May 2025
  • Nichols fled after being pulled from his car and was later subdued and struck repeatedly with fists, boots, a Taser and a baton.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2025

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“Repress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repress. Accessed 11 May. 2025.

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