stanched

variants or staunched
past tense of stanch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stanched
Verb
  • However, their progress has been stunted due to the fragile nature of qubits.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Helene has stunted that growth.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, Flacco turned back the clock with a vintage performance, repeatedly connecting with Chase and Higgins on slants and crossers.
    Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Ellis then turned back to Julian and stabbed him in the back.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The President praised the speed with which this modest protest was suppressed.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The Secret Commonwealth is the condemnation of a world where imagination—not making things up, but a way of seeing, understanding, feeling the world—is suppressed by the dual forces of cold rationality and religious fundamentalisms that breed authoritarianism.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This Committee was initially created during the McCarthy Era, a dark time when the federal government repressed and persecuted American citizens for their political beliefs.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
  • There are so many things that are being repressed here, and when Vivian brings them up her mother reacts poorly.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Also in our interview above, the two actors discuss whether the Forefront threat has really been squashed.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Concern over Matthews’ injury woes last season should be squashed.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Blacklist happened, livelihoods were ruined, and freedom of thought was squelched for years as Americans were pushed into a corner of fear and anger.
    Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Every threat to the Guinness family has been quickly squelched, complications like Olivia’s pregnancy aside, everything seems to be going quite well, honestly.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Earlier this year, China and India agreed to resume direct flights, which had been suspended since the COVID pandemic.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The Warsaw team replaced that entire setup with atoms of rubidium suspended in a glass cell and illuminated by three ultra-stable lasers.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The researchers investigated which drugs were associated with microbiome changes, whether the amount or duration of use strengthened these impacts, and what happened to a patient when a drug was started or discontinued.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Also, some vendors have recently discontinued shipping Saks, either voluntarily or by design by Saks.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Stanched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stanched. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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