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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
In Ono’s understanding, then, university presidents are to shut up and do as they are told.
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David Niven, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2025
Later, George Pendle reveals how one of Africa’s richest men did the impossible—made Trump shut up.
—Air Mail, 7 June 2025
Table of the Elements, the influential U.S. label that shut up shop in 2011, will relaunch this year as a curatorial platform, interdisciplinary production organization, and publishing house.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
Large companies and small and dirty riverside businesses shut up shop, leaving scrub and wasteland.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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David Niven, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2025
Later, George Pendle reveals how one of Africa’s richest men did the impossible—made Trump shut up.
—Air Mail, 7 June 2025
Table of the Elements, the influential U.S. label that shut up shop in 2011, will relaunch this year as a curatorial platform, interdisciplinary production organization, and publishing house.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
Large companies and small and dirty riverside businesses shut up shop, leaving scrub and wasteland.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut up
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Years ago, Eden earned anywhere from $500 to $1,500 a month from her songs getting slots on DSP editorial playlists; now, after the AI boom, that’s mostly dried up—Spotify’s lo-fi playlists spill with viral songs from suspicious profiles with no descriptions.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
2 July 2025
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When businesses can’t protect their merchandise, when families don’t feel safe using public transit and when tourists start skipping Chicago for other cities, tax revenues dry up.—
George Cardenas,
Chicago Tribune,
1 July 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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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
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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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Trump had been more open to diplomacy near the beginning of Israel’s conflict with Iran, leaving his nuclear deal options open with them, but has since clammed up.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
21 June 2025
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Win your division, and the odds of winning the World Series improve. I’m tempted to clam up right there because earning a wild-card berth can also lead to winning a World Series — see Bruce Bochy with the 2012 Giants and 2023 Rangers.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2025
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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
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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
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Crandall is a sixth-generation rancher, who’s tending to land that was originally settled by his ancestors in the 1850s—but is thinking proactively about technology in 2025.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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It was settled for an undisclosed amount in November 1995.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20up. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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