stanched

variants or staunched
Definition of stanchednext
past tense of stanch

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Verb
  • Niantic Spatial’s Visual Positioning System, or VPS, solves a problem that has quietly stunted the autonomous delivery industry.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Items from the archives have dominated the red carpet in the last couple years, as a slew of creative director changes stunted the showcase of new designs.
    Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Ships were also observed queuing north of Larak Island, awaiting clearance, with multiple vessels being turned back in recent days, according to Windward.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The two toms turned back, gobbling every few steps.
    Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That melatonin your brain just started producing gets suppressed again immediately.
    Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
  • That means speech around controversial issues, diet and fitness, mental health topics, sexuality, and much more will be suppressed.
    Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Reforms often required strong executive power, largely at the expense of social stability and democratic legitimacy; protests against the IMF’s programs left scores dead as authorities repressed dissent.
    Sven van Mourik, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Iran, where major protests in January were brutally repressed, has between 50% and 60% under 30.
    John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • West also squashed any social media speculation that AI would be used on certain tracks.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Grasses went the opposite way, swelling the endosperm to such an extreme that the embryo looks like an afterthought, a bundle squashed into one end of the seed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • As a result, the close relationship that Izquierdo’s Oscar could and should be building with his audience gets squelched by too much clutter.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The Blacklist happened, livelihoods were ruined, and freedom of thought was squelched for years as Americans were pushed into a corner of fear and anger.
    Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In others, objects are suspended from the ceiling, mounted above doorways, or made to float via balloon.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Campbell told lawmakers the driver who hit their family that night already had her license suspended, a result of a previous DUI conviction.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In late 2025 the company discontinued much of its product range and brought out a new stable of V series pistols, supposedly designed to resist modification with third-party switches.
    Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Laura also requested respite care for nighttime tube feeds, but the warrant says a doctor told her those would be discontinued because her son was taking medication by mouth without issue.
    Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Stanched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stanched. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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