SAT ON Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

sat on

verb

past tense of sit on

as in put down

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Another appears elsewhere, partly covered by whatever image Basquiat put down afterward.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Fans looking ahead to 2027's season can put down a $27 or $100 deposit for a membership to get first shot at seats.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of put down

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Europe has called for China to voluntarily reduce hybrid car exports into the continent, but authorities in Beijing have already slapped down the request, according to the Financial Times.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Then, the scene went dark as a Wanted poster of Shaboozey was slapped down on the barroom’s table.

— Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of slapped down

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Merz quashed talk within the press and his own party about his possible resignation despite Sunday's losses for his party just two weeks after a crushing defeat in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.

— Esme Nicholson, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026
The image feels like a private memorial to Russia’s quashed anti-war movement.

— Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of quashed

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Jeffrey Jarquín, 35, was taken directly from the deportation flight to Nicaragua’s notorious Modelo prison, where he had been held previously for participating in pro-democracy marches that were violently repressed by President Daniel Ortega.

— Ismael López, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Rooted in opposition to the oppression and discrimination of women in Iran, the movement also seeks freedom for all Iranians systemically repressed by the Islamic government.

— Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of repressed

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Here, background activities are limited, notifications are silenced, and blue light is lowered to reduce eye strain.

— Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026
When the researchers silenced the somatostatin neurons, the mice stopped trying so hard to avoid the threatening odor in their midst.

— Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of silenced

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Sorkin’s problem was that, in reality, at this point in Facebook’s history, the powerful CEO had pushed out all the Roger McNamees, having suppressed dissent within the company.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2026
The rest of the network enacts the decision, as other genes are activated or suppressed farther downstream, but isn’t active in it.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of suppressed

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The high cost of borrowing has squashed the fixer-upper market too.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
In the 1960s, the city tried to build an elementary school on the property, an idea that was squashed in court, with the judge siding with the association.

— Michelle Marchante September 28, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

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