repressing

present participle of repress

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of repressing Hamas’s response fluctuated between allowing discontent and repressing the demonstrations. Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025 Most of the international community rejects the idea that Ukraine is repressing Russian language and culture and says Russia launched its invasion under false pretenses. Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repressing
Verb
  • Sigma's coatings and the lens hood prove effective enough in suppressing the effect, short of shots where the sun itself is prominently in frame.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This ensures lithium is deposited smoothly across the anode, effectively suppressing dendrite growth even under rapid-charging conditions.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Consider the type of AI tool that your business needs to succeed, and begin to strategically introduce and layer the technology in a way that feels supportive, not stifling.
    Eyal Lifshitz, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Broader questions about salary and a new contract are claimed to be stifling Stern's return and amping up the speculation about the next phase of his career.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Giddey also took a significant step toward quelling concerns about him as a shooter.
    Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Dalai Lama has been the key figure quelling violence when grassroots dissatisfaction has escalated into episodic uprisings in Tibet.
    Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This can make swallowing painful.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
  • These cosmic enigmas defy our everyday understanding of space and time, swallowing light and matter and pushing the laws of physics to the extreme.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Giants won in all kinds of encouraging ways while subduing the wild-card-leading Cubs in a 5-2 victory Tuesday night.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The two also showed a demonstration of what a K9 takedown looks like, with Humphries acting as a target and K9 Bob subduing him.
    Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025

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

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