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Recent Examples of shush
Collectively, thousands of fans shushed each other to help Brunson focus.
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Tony East, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
May 15, 2025 Suleymanov shushed the St. Louis supporters and later cupped his hands to his ears while gathering the ball for a throw-in.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
Gert laughed, too, until the two of them were shushing each other quite loudly.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 3 May 2025
One day at the Scottish Open, a volunteer held up the quiet sign and shushed the crowd as Morikawa prepared to hit from the fairway.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Tony East, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
May 15, 2025 Suleymanov shushed the St. Louis supporters and later cupped his hands to his ears while gathering the ball for a throw-in.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
Gert laughed, too, until the two of them were shushing each other quite loudly.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 3 May 2025
One day at the Scottish Open, a volunteer held up the quiet sign and shushed the crowd as Morikawa prepared to hit from the fairway.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shush
Verb
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This option allows priority notifications — like severe weather alerts — to interrupt you while still silencing less urgent messages.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
10 July 2025
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Elections are tightly controlled, opposition is criminalized, political parties are banned, and dissenters—even peaceful ones are silenced.—
Roya Boroumand,
Time,
9 July 2025
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Inside the airy courtroom, hushed spectators, including Combs’ mother and six adult children, sat on wooden benches.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
3 July 2025
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Ominous guitar accompanies hopeful strings; Chatten's vocals range from breathy, hushed tones to intense speak-singing.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Verb
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Movements in Indian stocks were muted in early trade Tuesday, as the other key indexes in Asia-Pacific swung between gains and losses.—
Amala Balakrishner,
CNBC,
7 July 2025
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Across the markets, the reaction to the Vietnam trade deal was somewhat muted after an abysmal private-employment report.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
2 July 2025
Verb
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While it’s not used on actual babies much anymore due to health concerns, a sprinkle of baby powder can quiet squeaks, remove sand, absorb oil, and more.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 July 2025
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His start to the 2024 season didn’t help quiet those calls.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
3 July 2025
Verb
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Gary, though, did have one last piece of business to settle — with Ballard herself, stalking her in the dark of the cold case unit’s basement HQ.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
14 July 2025
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In June, Khoury rejected an offer from Honda to settle his case for $1,000, saying that replacing the minivan’s tires around every 25,000 miles would cost much more than that.—
Rick Barrett,
jsonline.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Even in highly specialized sectors like aerospace and defense, the best stories don’t dumb things down.—
Heather Rosenow,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Where conspiracies dumb us down to eventually believe that nothing is actually true?—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Shush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shush. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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