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as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
an utterly numbing class in statistics
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as in freezing
having a low or subnormal temperature
the numbing air of that wintry morning
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as in reducing
to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling
wait for the medication to numb your mouth
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Recent Examples of numbing
Momo Chang, SFChronicle.com, 26 June 2020
Because watching people die in Alabama’s execution chamber is numbing, over time.
—John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 5 Mar. 2020
Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
That’s incredibly refreshing to find in the metal world, especially in direct comparison to all the numbing F-bomb-for-F-bomb’s sake lyrics that would follow with Korn.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
While traditional malatang broth is made from bone broth and is spicy and numbing, several places also offer vegetarian broths and non-spicy broths.
—Momo Chang, SFChronicle.com, 26 June 2020
Because watching people die in Alabama’s execution chamber is numbing, over time.
—John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 5 Mar. 2020
Verb
The number of storms crossing the region was numbing.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
That’s incredibly refreshing to find in the metal world, especially in direct comparison to all the numbing F-bomb-for-F-bomb’s sake lyrics that would follow with Korn.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for numbing
Adjective
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Harris, the narrator’s husband: Paul Mescal or Nick Kroll Can Ireland's sexiest chain-wearer reinvent himself as a boring straight guy who's not entirely fulfilling his wife?—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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From awful ads to a divisive halftime show to a boring game, 10 things to forget.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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Kansas City officials recommend that residents keep a thin stream of water flowing from their faucets during freezing temperatures.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
18 Feb. 2025
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The governor warned that an incoming storm would bring dangerous travel conditions and freezing temperatures, adding to an already severe situation.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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State governments, as well as drug manufacturers, provide financial help to the uninsured, often reducing the cost of PrEP medicines to zero.—
James K. Glassman,
Boston Herald,
6 Jan. 2025
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Device lifecycle management and repair services will become increasingly important, reducing the amount of technology that ends up in landfills.—
Max Silber,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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The first few years of being a parent can be among the most tiring as moms and dads try and often fail to get infants into a regular routine of unbroken sleep at night.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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No matter the outcome of the AFC Championship Game between the Chiefs and Bills, the winners are anyone who was tiring of the Taylor Swift-Hailee Steinfeld (faux) drama.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
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Her makeup, too, was equally icy, with a metallic silvery-white shadow brushed under her brow as a highlight and dramatic black eyeliner winged all the way out to the outer corner of her brows, plus a pair of light blue-gray contacts enhanced by majorly fluttery, lush lashes.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
9 Dec. 2024
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White cautioned those traveling north of Indianapolis this weekend, however, should be mindful of potentially snowier, icier road conditions.—
Christopher Cann,
The Indianapolis Star,
27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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This will act to push colder air back into portions of the Lower 48 states.—
Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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In 2016, Phoenix PD’s Cold Case Homicide Unit decided to conduct a full review of what had become the department’s oldest cold case.—
Dawn Sawyer,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The cabin should be quiet thanks to the sound-deadening acoustic front and side glass.—
Michael Harley,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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Philips’ problems first surfaced publicly in June 2021, when the company warned that the noise-deadening foam lining its equipment, mostly CPAP machines, could break apart, sending potentially toxic particles and fumes into users’ throats and lungs.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
22 Nov. 2024
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The cut is also gaining ground on the Adult Contemporary chart, only at a much slower pace, which is not unusual for that list.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Morgan Stanley also highlighted risks such as weaker consumption and a slower pace of enterprise digitalization.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Numbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numbing. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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