as in restraint
the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others
learned that suppression of her angry feelings didn't necessarily make them go away
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Recent Examples of suppression
This decision critically weakened protections against voter suppression.
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 18 June 2025
Use the appetite suppression as an opportunity, a moment to cook more meals at home, take daily walks, try resistance training or join a supportive health community.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
The fire suppression efforts involve nine engines, two water tenders, three helicopters, five dozers and three hand crews.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2025
The pattern has left Iranians wary that any sign of instability is met with brutal suppression.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2025
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 18 June 2025
Use the appetite suppression as an opportunity, a moment to cook more meals at home, take daily walks, try resistance training or join a supportive health community.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
The fire suppression efforts involve nine engines, two water tenders, three helicopters, five dozers and three hand crews.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2025
The pattern has left Iranians wary that any sign of instability is met with brutal suppression.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suppression
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Some voices, such as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, have urged restraint against rushing to defer to Israel’s efforts—putting leading leftists in an odd confluence with folks like Carlson and former Trump counselor Steve Bannon.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
17 June 2025
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While members called for restraint and diplomacy, divisions remain.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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The following testimony, my own, is just one example of the level of repression this couple is inflicting on the entire nation, as well as on citizens from other countries.—
Juan Sebastián Chamarro,
National Review,
8 June 2025
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Two of the least powerful groups threatened by the current climate of repression are public school teachers and their students, children who may never even realize what they have been kept from learning.—
Jane S. Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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This kind of discipline builds clarity, momentum and trust.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The prompt-a-thon process reframes prompting as a high-impact diagnostic and design discipline—engineered for fast, actionable insight.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
23 June 2025
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For how much their environment (interactions with people) impacted them, men showed more inhibition than women.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Its ability to lower inhibitions and amplify emotions can turn minor arguments into serious, sometimes dangerous conflicts.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Mercury News,
29 May 2025
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“Suppression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppression. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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