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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of suppress.

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Examples

  • IV. i.35 (385,8) [that my heart means no ill] [W: tho '] _That my heart means no ill_, is the same with _to whom my heart means no ill_; the common phrase suppresses the particle, as _I mean him_ [not _to_ him] _no harm_.

    Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746

  • The level of nuclear CLK, transcriptional activator of many core clock genes, is also reduced in shits1 flies, and Clk overexpression suppresses the period-altering effects of We propose that membrane protein turnover through endocytic regulation of PKA pathways modulates the core clock by altering CLK levels and / or activity.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Valerie L. Kilman et al. 2009

  • The level of nuclear CLK, transcriptional activator of many core clock genes, is also reduced in shits1 flies, and Clk overexpression suppresses the period-altering effects of shits1.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

  • So...the wingnuts yell when the other side of the aisle "suppresses" them, but it is O.K. for them to suppress?

    The Lensman's Children Fred Kiesche 2009

  • So...the wingnuts yell when the other side of the aisle "suppresses" them, but it is O.K. for them to suppress?

    Archive 2009-03-01 Fred Kiesche 2009

  • Korea Times, Club Cupertino routinely "suppresses" flash memory prices by over-ordering mass amounts of chips from various semiconductor manufacturers.

    Technology, Science, Entertainment, and Business News 2009

  • It only temporarily "suppresses" constrains which are in conflict with the new position.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2009

  • Korea Times, Club Cupertino routinely "suppresses" flash memory prices by over-ordering mass amounts of chips from various semiconductor manufacturers.

    Technology, Science, Entertainment, and Business News 2009

  • The essence of the passage lies in the observable or obvious nature of creation, the truth about which humanity rejects or deliberately "suppresses".

    Anglican Mainstream 2008

  • Despite China's increasing productivity, the Chinese government suppresses domestic consumption so that it can have ultra-low wages and cheap capital to build its economic machine and bribe American industry to collaborate with its mercantilism.

    Robert Kuttner: American Policy Made in China Robert Kuttner 2011

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