repression

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Recent Examples of repression Winner of both an Oscar for Best International Feature Film and a Golden Globe for Best Actress (won by Fernanda Torres), this drama based on the memoirs of Marcelo Rubens Paiva directed by Walter Salles serves as a testament to a family’s quiet resilience amidst political repression. Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025 In some sense, the past 30 years of Iran’s history—its repressions and rebellions, its suffocations and flickers of hope—can be understood as the continuous conflict between these two realms: the visible one of ordinary life, and the invisible one of revolutionary power. Kian Tajbakhsh, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025 Mac's deeply closeted, Catholic-guilty homosexuality had been treated as a joke throughout the show's run, with the joke never truly being about Mac being gay, but about how his desperate repression had twisted him into a caricature of grasping masculinity. Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 2025 The costs of academic repression, in other words, are not confined to elite institutions—they are borne by everyone. Matt Motta, Scientific American, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for repression
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Noun
  • In the second photo, the animals are freed of their restraints — one of the pets is crawling about the bin while the other stays in its shell.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 24 July 2025
  • Fuentes faces charges of home invasion, disorderly conduct, interfering with an emergency call, violation of protective order, third-degree assault and second-degree unlawful restraint.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Share Your Commitments With Others Share your commitments to drive discipline.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • But earth sign parents can also lean toward being stubborn and strict, which may cause friction during a stand off or while navigating discipline or tough conversations.
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • Two single-engine air tankers based in Mesquite delivered fire retardant to assist with initial suppression efforts before dark, according to the report.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
  • The truck also includes a 107-foot aerial device with a 1,500-gallon-per-minute pump and a 500-gallon onboard water tank, allowing for elevated fire suppression operations.
    Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Before the month comes to a close, Mercury will station retrograde in Leo, activating your 12th house of secrets, surrender and your subconscious, bringing up old memories or inhibitions that have been clouding your clarity.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 8 July 2025
  • Reservations and inhibitions have a way of slipping away in the Snake Pit.
    Shari Rudavsky, IndyStar, 2 July 2025

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“Repression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repression. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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