stills

present tense third-person singular of still
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as in shushes
to stop the noise or speech of the conversation was abruptly stilled by a loud crash from the next room

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stills
Verb
  • And the hope is that this creature, who's all set up to create chaos and violence, somehow stops that and changes it all.
    Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
  • With the right mix of competence and strategy, engineers can create careers that are both resilient and rewarding in a world that never stops changing.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Research shows that spending time in green spaces calms the nervous system and reduces stress.
    Jessica DuLong, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Cibrian runs lines with Rimes and calms his wife's nerves on the set.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • DermaVantage moisturizing lotion soothes and moisturizes dry, sensitive skin.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Fulton & Roark Fulton & Rourke deodorant not only comes in a huge variety of the brand’s elevated scents, but also contains aloe barbadensis leaf extract, which soothes and hydrates irritated skin.
    Kristen Philipkoski, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Proposition 50 almost completely silences minority California viewpoints in Congress until January 2033 – with no chance of changing any legislative outcomes.
    Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This cultural divide silences companies and delays progress, while all the while AI is amplifying the threat.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But Isaac catches Thing’s dart, then reattaches Thing to his arm and buries Wednesday alive.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The inner activated carbon filter catches invisible particles and helps to neutralize odors from cooking, pets, smoke, or your teenager’s gym bag.
    Maggie Horton, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Genji visits these woods before his exile to Suma and composes a poem wishing that the forest might one day see the injustice against him reversed.
    Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Antihydra almost certainly never halts.
    Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2025
  • More than 50 Democratic lawmakers fled the state earlier this week, a decision that halts action on redistricting, as well as other bills in the legislature.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Jarmusch lulls us into thinking this part will be the exception to the theme of virtual estrangement, just through the bond between the twins that seems to return instantly after an unspecified but seemingly considerable amount of time apart.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Stills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stills. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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