1
as in shushing
to stop the noise or speech of
muted the television while she was on the phone
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as in muffling
to deaden the sound of
closing the windows muted the traffic noise so we could get to sleep
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Recent Examples of muting
For much of the past year, neither side was willing to budge much from their respective stance, effectively muting any chance of a settlement.
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Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
The shell has enough shape to ease pressure on bony spots of the foot, and the liner offers just enough cushion to keep toes warm and circulation flowing, without muting feedback.
—Jenny Wiegand, Outside, 13 Nov. 2025
The newsroom union claims the change is throttling staff diversity and muting the magazine’s progressive political bent.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
And Democrats will remain the side fond of muting dissent.
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Echo chambers can emerge, amplifying consensus while muting dissenting expertise.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The Shag Originated in the late 1960s and popularized in the 1970s, the shag cut is comprised of short, choppy layers around the face, muting the body of hair on the sides.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 22 Aug. 2025
Gas prices likely fell in July and grocery costs are expected to barely increase, muting overall inflation.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
The lawsuit says San Diego Central Jail staff have routinely violated the facility’s policies by ignoring or muting intercom calls.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muting
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After once rising from her seat to scold a man recording the broadcast on his phone to shushing in-studio viewers during an interview with Zohran Mamdani, Whoopi Goldberg just wrote another chapter in her comical relationship with The View's studio audience.—
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The snow was shushing off the roof of the garage and down on the driveway.—
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The active noise cancellation actually blocks sounds, instead of offering that fake muffling nonsense.—
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Money floods into affected districts, muffling outrage precisely when constituents are most enraged.—
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Trump’s immigration policies don’t make sense as a pro-worker agenda, but do make sense as a way of silencing dissent and keeping out nonwhite immigrants.—
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Students have been instructed to continue sheltering in place until further notice, locking doors and silencing phones.—
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Dave Chappelle – Live July 14, 2023 Comedy at this scale functions strangely — a stadium quieting itself to hear one person think out loud.—
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Gilma Pereda was having trouble quieting her brain.—
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There are a lot of ways to declutter out there—the pile method and the discernment method are two of them, and now, everyone’s hushing their house.—
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Unfortunately, the austerity and elegance of the downstairs dining room acts as a dampener, hushing the salad’s brashness and sapping much of the fun.—
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“Muting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muting. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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