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Recent Examples of silence
Noun
The crash came hours ahead of the European Figure Skating Championships, which honored the victims in a moment of silence before skaters took the ice. Ryan Morik, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2025 The launch of the database shines a light on the issue, calling attention to the silence of the Church and the lack of accountability among church leaders. Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
The Trump administration has temporarily silenced federal health officials, including those about to report on the nation’s escalating bird flu crisis. Jonathan Wolfe, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025 Turner has taken time to strengthen her decision-making skills as a way of silencing her imposter syndrome. Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for silence 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silence
Noun
  • Ting Su; 2024; USA; 10 min Digitizing union newspapers in the quiet of a dark room, a filmmaker reflects on their relationship to labor. David (for now) | Dir.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The prime minister’s compound, which under its previous occupant buzzed with the activity of over 100 staff members, now has a library-like quiet, as Dr. Amarasuriya works with a staff of just a dozen.
    Pamodi Waravita, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The opera disappeared, and Dédé’s legacy faded into obscurity.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The Santa Cruz Mountain range — as far as its wines go — is shrouded in relative obscurity despite its rich history and undeniable potential.
    David Rosoff, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Visiting Villa manager Unai Emery had earlier been left angered by the decision to send off Jhon Duran with Tindall later seen shushing the Spaniard in the technical area.
    Callum Davis, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In a sweet video shared on Instagram, the family could be seen hunkering down on a sectional couch, shushing each other and staring intently at their television screen as Kerry Washington and Andrew Garfield announced the nominees.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • We’ve been conditioned to lead like men, to suppress our intuition, our empathy, and our softness.
    Dr. Brittany Chambers, Forbes, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The censors suppressed or bowdlerized countless works of genius.
    Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Another couple tried on foot, feigning oblivion to the officers blocking the road.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Unfortunately for them, Steph won’t be bullied – even by paternalistic threats of being sued into oblivion.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Elsewhere, this could only be a scene of sensory overload, but its eye-of-the-storm geography made the Bowl a kind of redoubt, cool and dark and almost hushed under the purple sky.
    Michael Owen, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
  • That hushed any skeptic who assumed his power was declining, as his home run total had decreased from 36 to 29 to 24 in previous seasons.
    Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • It's even recently been associated with quelling aggression.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Stocks bounced back a bit around mid-week after Microsoft and Facebook parent Meta reiterated their AI spending goals, quelling fears companies would pull back AI dollars.
    Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Its application would mark a significant defeat for tech companies in their decadeslong battle to avoid being wielded as government tools against their users, the people said, speaking under the condition of anonymity to discuss legally and politically sensitive issues.
    Joseph Menn The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2025
  • The images that are published from within the compound in this article were shared with The Athletic by people who have been present at the site, on the condition of anonymity in order to protect relationships.
    Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025

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“Silence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silence. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.

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