as in to censor
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Recent Examples of muzzle
Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
According to Schaefer, daycare facilities that rely heavily on managing dog behavior with squirt bottles, anti-bark collars and nylon muzzles to prevent barking are a big red flag.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
James Pearce, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
The new administration immediately moved to freeze nearly all foreign aid, root out DEI programs, remove officials and whole offices deemed ideologically suspect, and muzzle public health agencies.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
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Noun
If a pet requires a muzzle, it must be placed on the animal before entering the clinic, the release said.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
According to Schaefer, daycare facilities that rely heavily on managing dog behavior with squirt bottles, anti-bark collars and nylon muzzles to prevent barking are a big red flag.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
The language used by both parties in their public statements reads like an attempt to muzzle any rancour over his reign.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
The new administration immediately moved to freeze nearly all foreign aid, root out DEI programs, remove officials and whole offices deemed ideologically suspect, and muzzle public health agencies.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muzzle
Noun
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Small footprints and beak marks were discovered near invertebrate trails, suggesting that ancient shorebirds were pecking around in search of a meal between 39 million and 50 million years ago.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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According to the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation, the bird is medium-sized with a strong beak.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The government cannot censor speech that is false but does not lead to a specific, identifiable harm.—
Michael Gregory,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2025
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For all its bravado about withstanding the American tariffs, China was also censoring criticisms of its own move to impose retaliatory tariffs.—
David Pierson,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The research team used advanced 3D imaging technology to find the ancient ant had many features similar to modern dirt ants, including distinctive mandibles with 12 triangular teeth for catching prey.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2025
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These high-confidence marks were located on four tibiae, one mandible, one humerus, and two long bone fragments.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Court officers guided them to seats on benches, instructing them to silence their cell phones.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2025
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His detention is an attempt to silence those who speak out against the atrocities in Gaza.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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To finish the meal, don’t skip out on the Claridge’s chocolate, a combination of chocolate mousse, brownie, cocoa nib, caramel and hot chocolate sauce.—
Rachel Dube,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Almond Sable Cookies with Cacao Nibs This vegan version of a rich, delicate, crumbly sable, the classic French cookie named for its tender texture, uses only a handful of ingredients, including coconut oil, almond meal, sugar, flour and cacao nibs.—
Betty Hallock,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Fresh off All-Stars 9, this pint-size diva from season 14 is back to gag the judges with her electrifying performances and remind the world that she was born to do drag.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
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She’s tied up and gagged in the secret compartment of a truck in the middle of nowhere, and Bad Things have happened to her.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Cook County Sheriff’s Office decided to reopen the Gacy file in 2011 as a cold case, exhuming bone fragments and sending eight sets of mandibles and maxilla to the CHI lab in Fort Worth for DNA processing.—
David Montesino,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Jan. 2024
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Thomas' team looked at the maxilla, or the upper part of the dog's jaw, because those tooth roots are best for DNA sampling, and researchers were able to pull samples from three specimens.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2023
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Also still pending this year is a measure to memorialize Jan. 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day in Florida and a bill that would require the state insurance plan to cover supplemental examinations, such as an MRI or ultrasound, when mammograms indicate questionable findings.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2025
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More: Could a GOP bill prevent some married women from voting?—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Muzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muzzle. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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