Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sat on
Verb
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Smith was also put down on 12 and cashed in to score his 37th Test century, and is 129 not out overnight.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026 -
The salt that is put down doesn't stay where it is applied.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Time and time again, courts have slapped down these strong-arm tactics that lack the force of law.—
Bob Morgan,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
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And that’s the big ol’ marker general manager Adam Peters has slapped down on the table, a year-plus into his stint here.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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Iran's autocratic regime has quashed several previous waves of unrest, violently, and the source in Tehran told CBS News there was significant fear among many people that the current protests would draw a similar draconian crackdown.—
Tucker Reals,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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This story has been updated to clarify that the judge has recommended the subpoena be quashed.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Assad largely repressed and systematically excluded Syria’s Sunni Arab majority from the same preferential treatment.—
Salma Al-Shami,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Dec. 2025
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Plotted roughly, the movement of other AI shares, including Oracle and AMD, traced similar paths, suggesting Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s rejection of the AI bubble narrative initially reassured investors, but their concerns couldn’t be repressed for long.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine has subdued the most contagious virus on earth.—
Jerome Adams,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Nazism’s total domination politically and socially found an aesthetic counterpart in the visual reduction of bodies to things, ecstatically subdued before the hypnotic power of a leader, force, or sublime beauty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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High school students must store their devices with ringers silenced, and may not use them during instructional time.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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In an hour’s span, three trucks leaving the construction site silenced the conversation, growling loudly down Rockland Drive.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The fresh evidence of how internal dissent was suppressed for the sake of diplomatic relationships exposes a broader crisis of impunity for crimes committed against journalists, and the failure of states to hold other states accountable.—
Scott Griffen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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This may have resulted in cooling that had until now suppressed the sublimation of water ice to steam.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Dream of career in sports Cannon’s dreams of playing professional sports were squashed by an injury, leading him to start his music career.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Jan. 2026
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Kerr swiftly squashed that idea.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
24 Dec. 2025
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“Sat on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sat%20on. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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