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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
quiet . - noun Plural form of
quiet .
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Examples
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So I guess this kind of quiets the arguments about how Hughes should've stayed in the bullpen, eh?
ceciliatan: Today’s Game/Baseball in Tweets ceciliatan 2010
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Because of the missing ownership documentation, Charney is now starting to file quiet title actions, hoping to get her homeowner clients full title to their homes (a quiet title action 'quiets' all other claims).
Ellen Brown: Homeowners' Rebellion: Could 62 Million Homes Be Foreclosure-Proof? 2010
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Because of the missing ownership documentation, Charney is now starting to file quiet title actions, hoping to get her homeowner clients full title to their homes (a quiet title action 'quiets' all other claims).
Ellen Brown: Homeowners' Rebellion: Could 62 Million Homes Be Foreclosure-Proof? 2010
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Reckon it kind of quiets him, after a noisy time with the boy. "
The Rover Boys at School Edward Stratemeyer 1896
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But John quiets his fellow freedmen with sober counsel that freedom is not fun.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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This type of brainstorming session quiets the lizard and enables us to sprint for a short period and connect with inspiration.
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A compressor acts a bit like a big squeeze on the music, making the quiets louder and the stopping the loud parts from going quite so high and including unwanted distortion.
The superfluity of sound in Gears of War 2 Ben Abraham 2009
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A compressor acts a bit like a big squeeze on the music, making the quiets louder and the stopping the loud parts from going quite so high and including unwanted distortion.
Archive 2009-01-01 Ben Abraham 2009
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For a small operator like Batson, the flood could be financially devastating, but he insists he won't venture onto the Mississippi until it quiets down.
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This exacerbates the market turmoil, and could set the stage for rebound in emerging-market currencies rebound once trading quiets down again, Mr. Papasavvas said.
Institutions Hit by Emerging-Markets Bets Neil Shah 2011
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