silent treatment

as in dismissal
treatment that is deliberately unfriendly ever since our run-in at the party she's been giving me the silent treatment

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Recent Examples of silent treatment The team gave Diaz the trademark silent treatment at first, before mobbing him in front of the television cameras and joining in on the celebration. Josh Criswell, Chron, 14 May 2023 That silent treatment should end today. Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2021 After that first homer, did anyone in the dugout give you the silent treatment? Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2022 Other countries that recently elected right-wing governments, such as Italy or Sweden, haven’t seen their leaders get the silent treatment from Washington. Eugene Kontorovich, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2022 See all Example Sentences for silent treatment 
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Noun
  • The hearing officer agreed but despite his dismissal of the summons, the sheriff’s office opted to keep the closure order in place for one year.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Expect the Clippers to shed further light on Shelton’s dismissal.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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  • Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to deepen ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin in May, turning a cold shoulder to the U.S. after Blinken flew to Beijing in a diplomatic gesture.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Trump took this ideological variant of isolationism too far during his presidency, exhibiting a fondness for autocrats such as Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jung Un while giving a cold shoulder to the leaders of allied democracies.
    Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2024
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  • The migration issues at the border, Swalwell said, could have been solved if not for Republicans’ rejection of a bipartisan border bill that would have provided for more border patrol officers and increased funding for border security.
    Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Many of these communities will have faced rejection or exclusion from a product or service application.
    Ivo Gueorguiev, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024

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“Silent treatment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silent%20treatment. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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