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Recent Examples of shush
Turning to shush it, Adele saw Dean with his tongue in her mother’s mouth and his hand up under her minidress.
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Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Before the chatter can continue, Sharon Leone (Diane Farr), the Cal Fire Division Chief and mother of Bode Leone (Max Thieriot), quickly shushes everyone and reminds them to focus.
—Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
The Giants offense got shushed Wednesday night by Shohei Ohtani, and their hitters went down almost as quietly against right-hander Emmet Sheehan.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 15 May 2026
My mother would shush him and change the subject.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
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Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Before the chatter can continue, Sharon Leone (Diane Farr), the Cal Fire Division Chief and mother of Bode Leone (Max Thieriot), quickly shushes everyone and reminds them to focus.
—Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
The Giants offense got shushed Wednesday night by Shohei Ohtani, and their hitters went down almost as quietly against right-hander Emmet Sheehan.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 15 May 2026
My mother would shush him and change the subject.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shush
Verb
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Following anti-government protests in 2019, Beijing imposed a national security law that has virtually silenced all dissent.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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Bilton swiftly fired Pelley, but failed to silence him.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
15 June 2026
Verb
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The same idea is being explored elsewhere in London, though not always with the same hushed, Westminster polish.—
Lela London,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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The Des Plaines River’s forest preserves and lakes that hush the sounds of commuter traffic and O’Hare.—
Diane Penningroth,
Midwest Living,
12 June 2026
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Instead, the reviews were largely muted, with analysts not bothering to adjust their revenue estimates for 2027 or 2028, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
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In equities trading, the energy sector continued to limp as oil prices fell, but the declines were muted compared to Monday when oil lost nearly 5%.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
Verb
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Nourishing your body quiets your mind and eases fear.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
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His fears about losing followers after revealing his identity were quickly quieted by an outpouring of support.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 June 2026
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Serpell revels in all of the complications and contradictions of Toni Morrison, treating her subject with both reverence and even some skepticism and never settling for the easy conclusion.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The package sets aside $875 million, including roughly $310 million from the state and $565 million in federal funding, to settle the issue.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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Get your humanness out on the page before the robots dumb your content down.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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Warner Brothers waits to be subsumed by Netflix or Paramount, cinemas are losing customers to streaming, and franchise entertainment continues to dumb us all down.—
Michael O’Donnell,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Shush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shush. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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