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Advertisement Wednesday’s update quashed speculation about hikes in the near term, and Treasury yields eased in the bond market on growing hopes for coming cuts. Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025 To permanently quash Iran’s nuclear aspirations, the United States may have to attack Iran in perpetuity or carry out a much larger assault—one that takes out elements of the country’s security forces or regime. Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2025 In 2021, the government of Boris Johnson approved the plans—over opposition from local residents—only to have the decision quashed in court because of legislation, dating from 1900, which forbids further construction in the park. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025 After seven weeks, Deng had the protests quashed ruthlessly, in the process foreclosing the political democratization that Hu had hoped for. Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for quash 

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“Quash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quash. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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