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as in to dry up
to stop talking
you have no right to tell the rest of us to shut up
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Recent Examples of shut up
The return of the Snack Wrap was just a ploy to get social media haters to shut up.
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David Wysong, The Enquirer, 10 July 2025
Desire speaks loudest when financial fear shuts up.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Johnny tells Gat to shut up, and Cady jokingly parrots Johnny, but Gat takes offense and storms off.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Time to put up or shut up ... After lengthy production delays at Amazon's satellite factory, the retail giant is finally churning out Kuiper satellites at scale.
—ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
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David Wysong, The Enquirer, 10 July 2025
Desire speaks loudest when financial fear shuts up.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Johnny tells Gat to shut up, and Cady jokingly parrots Johnny, but Gat takes offense and storms off.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Time to put up or shut up ... After lengthy production delays at Amazon's satellite factory, the retail giant is finally churning out Kuiper satellites at scale.
—ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut up
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While these sources have dried up, Russia can now also count on North Korean troops who again are thrown into the most intense combat and suffer a high rate of casualties.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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But this font of renewal dries up: an eighty-year-old’s bone marrow contains two hundred times fewer stem cells than a newborn’s.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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For a start, the cheers from the nearby Andy Murray Arena are loud and booming, but so too is the exclusive balcony area hanging just to the side of the court, where people are sipping their wine or their Pimm’s and chatting loudly (the judge on court 1 has to shush them at one point).—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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The crowd had just spent an entire overtime shushing each other.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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This year, the streets are hushed, and many children walk to school alone.—
Hanna Kang,
Oc Register,
15 Aug. 2025
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The wild west of Ireland reveals sea cliffs like Slieve League, hushed peat bogs, and winding roads threading through Connemara’s granite hills and glassy lakes.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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There is, of course, one indisputable way to answer any doubters, to silence the critics and change the narrative.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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As our nation grows more diverse, so will the efforts to suppress and silence these critical voices.—
Martin Luther King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Then, after Austin Jackson sustained his season-ending knee injury in early November in Miami’s loss to the Bills , the Dolphins run game clammed up.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
29 July 2025
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Although that doesn’t account for those opposite behaviors (e.g., clamming up).—
Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Its decision in late May to buy data management firm Informatica for $8 billion faced some skepticism, and its quarterly results released around the same time failed to quiet the doubters.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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Promises of talks between Trump and Putin have done little to quiet the violence on the ground since their announcement.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
9 Aug. 2025
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The resumption of flights expected to boost not just tourism but cooperation in other areas between the two nations. – Yeo Boon Ping In the markets Indian markets were muted on Thursday, with both the benchmark Nifty 50 and the BSE Sensex index closing flat.—
Amala Balakrishner,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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While the stock market’s reaction to the news was muted, many investors spoke out against the deal.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
12 Aug. 2025
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The people settling here were in for some major changes from formerly nomadic lifestyles.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
7 Aug. 2025
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While the pair have been settled in Los Angeles together for years now, Jonathan opened up to PEOPLE about the possibility of relocating out to the country.—
Natalia Senanayake,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20up. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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