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
The team pushed further by developing broader interference suppression zones rather than targeting single jamming points.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
Spielberg’s latest foray into alien matters stars Josh O’Connor as a rogue military security expert uncovering intel about the government’s suppression of alien interactions with Earth.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
Wohl was later convicted of running a voter-suppression scheme targeting Black neighborhoods during the 2020 election.
—Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Debug uses what's called the suppression method.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 4 June 2026
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
Spielberg’s latest foray into alien matters stars Josh O’Connor as a rogue military security expert uncovering intel about the government’s suppression of alien interactions with Earth.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
Wohl was later convicted of running a voter-suppression scheme targeting Black neighborhoods during the 2020 election.
—Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Debug uses what's called the suppression method.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suppression
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Smith died of cardiac arrest combined with acute behavioral disturbance, cocaine use and holding restraint, The Times reported.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
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Zinedine Zidane’s infamous headbutt in the 2006 World Cup exemplifies a lack of Temperance, while excessive restraint can stifle passion.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Jafarzadeh highlighted Khabiri as a symbol of the regime’s repression of athletes, as Khabiri was a rising soccer star who became captain of Iran’s national team before being arrested and asked to appear on television to renounce his political beliefs.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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Other ancestors had fled aboard the Mayflower from the persecution of Puritans in England, aboard a steamship from pogroms in Ukraine, aboard a schooner from Spanish repression in Cuba.—
Yoni Appelbaum,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
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Remember, Mercury oversees communication, information, planning and perception, while Saturn brings limits, discipline, scrutiny and reality checks.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
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The administration investigated Chicago Public Schools and withheld more than $20 million when the district refused to end its Black Student Success Program, which aims to increase access to advanced coursework for Black students and reduce overly harsh discipline.—
Annie Ma,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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The little people are being menaced by a dark force—a force with power, money, and very few moral inhibitions.—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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Shrug off inhibitions and break the ice as the moon and Uranus harmonize.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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“Suppression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppression. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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