as in to silence
to stop the noise or speech of shushed the crying baby

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Recent Examples of shush The Brazilian is back in the headlines for cupping his ears and shushing the home crowd at the weekend as Madrid beat Real Sociedad 2-0 in Anoeta. Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024 There’s no scolding kids for turning in books late or shushing noisy students. Scottie Andrew, CNN, 29 Sep. 2024 Sheppard immediately popped up from his scoring catch and shushed the Knights students, whose jeers were well within earshot. Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2024 Soothing may involve shushing your child, patting their back, offering a pacifier, or using white noise, says Marisa Rodriguez, newborn care specialists, and founder and CEO of Luxe Baby Custom Newborn Care. ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shush 
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Verb
  • The Times can file a motion to strike under the California anti-SLAPP statute, arguing that Baldoni is trying to silence speech protected by the First Amendment.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Once the need to gain weight started nagging, that other, restrictive noise was suddenly silenced.
    Brooke Eby, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • That hushed any skeptic who assumed his power was declining, as his home run total had decreased from 36 to 29 to 24 in previous seasons.
    Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Giddy with excitement over the end of season win, Biles posted a video of her and her friend after the game attempting to celebrate quietly while hushing and grinning ear to ear.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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  • While Quebec City’s winter nightlife can be muted compared to the summer, Pub Saint-Alexandre, an English tavern in Old Quebec, is another bar that offers year-round programming.
    Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • In the four years since the insurrection, both the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers have been muted in their activity, researchers who study the groups told USA TODAY.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • The attempt to quiet the noise went viral, receiving 3.1 million views (as of this writing).
    Chris Westfall, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • His ability to quiet his gaming critics has so far proven much less successful than his ability to influence U.S. national politics.
    Ethan Gach / Kotaku, Quartz, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • His father was a research scientist for the Department of Agriculture, and his peripatetic family lived in the plains states, the Pacific Northwest and the Southeast before settling in Alexandria, Virginia, where Lynch attended high school.
    Chris Morris, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Invitation agreed to settle the lawsuit for $48 million.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In order to save time, space, or money, audio companies will often take the design of a larger, more expensive device and dumb it down slightly to make a product that's more accessible, and probably better for most of us.
    Parker Hall, WIRED, 6 May 2021
  • To dumb it down, think about how action figures of the past had limited points of articulation.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2024

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“Shush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shush. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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