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hushes (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of hush (up)

as in covers (up)

to keep from being publicly known the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers

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suppresses

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Researchers in South Korea have unveiled a tri-layer composite solid electrolyte (CSE) that boosts ion transport and suppresses dendrite growth in lithium-metal batteries (LMBs).

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
The world unjustly suppresses and gives pain to an individual.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026

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