as in to censor
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Recent Examples of muzzle
Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2024
There is no obvious muzzle flash and no sound, only figures appearing to scatter at the same time.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
James Powel, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
Perhaps that’s why so many politicians have tried to muzzle them.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2020
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Noun
The vehicle paused and a muzzle flash could be seen.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2024
There is no obvious muzzle flash and no sound, only figures appearing to scatter at the same time.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
Verb
Attempt to escape or fight back and concentrate your kicks and blows on the bear's face and muzzle.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
Perhaps that’s why so many politicians have tried to muzzle them.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muzzle
Noun
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Just having that mentality of coming out fast, not getting our beaks wet.Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 23 Oct. 2024
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Her cake looks kind of like an old boot with a pencil for a beak.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Verb
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Many Republican politicians have accused firms such as Meta of censoring conservative views, and some officials in Trump's orbit, most notably Vice President-elect JD Vance, have previously expressed support for Khan's scrutiny of Big Tech firms.CBS News, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Mace is among several conservatives who have claimed social media platforms are censoring their content and viewpoints.Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 6 Dec. 2024
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The team identified the genomic variation by extracting DNA from the Well-man’s mandible, the lower part of the jaw.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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There were 451 bones at the site, and some of these included mandibles with molars, which are good at preserving relatively intact DNA.Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Willis quickly used that notoriety to claim the bans were part of a grand conspiracy to silence truth tellers like him from informing people about what was really happening in the world.David Gilbert, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
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Grantees with innocent-sounding names like Good Information Inc. and Free Press seek mostly to silence other political and policy ideas.Scott Walter, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2024
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The new pointed nib uses an independent circuit that requires power (drawn from the iPad) to function.Ben Sin, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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For pressure detection, the nib circuit moves vertically against the screen, transmitting force to the pressure detection system.Ben Sin, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Lord John gags quietly in the corner but, to his credit, manages not to throw up.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Nov. 2024
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The two – who were taller and bigger than Avila, who weighed just 97 lbs. – then forced her into a shallow creek, tied her hands behind her back, gagged her and forced her head under the water until her body stilled.Emily Palmer, People.com, 3 Nov. 2024
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The Cook County Sheriff’s Office decided to reopen the Gacy file in 2011 as a cold case, exhuming bone fragments and sending eight sets of mandibles and maxilla to the CHI lab in Fort Worth for DNA processing.David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Jan. 2024
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Rolf Quam, Binghamton University) Sink Your Teeth Into This One Known as Misliya-1, the partial maxilla, with several teeth preserved in situ, is 177,000 to 194,000 years old.Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2018
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In 2022, Biden signed a bill that prohibited the use of TikTok on government devices.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Plus, boosted by key ballot-box victories in November, Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to pass a voucher bill next year, which would provide public funding for private school tuition, likely further pinching school budgets.Asher Price, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Muzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muzzle. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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