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as in to dry up
to stop talking
you have no right to tell the rest of us to shut up
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Recent Examples of shut up
She’s seen men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers.
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Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2024
College athletes, please shut up and be grateful you are given a free education as payment for your athletic skills.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
Those final panels, of the Red Skull being shut up in darkness — but not to die.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Where other artists his age have long ago decided to shut up and play the hits, the mercurial 83-year-old is using his recent tour dates to cover songs from the ’50s and play tracks off his middling 2012 album Tempest, with only the occasional scrap of red meat thrown to audiences.
—Chris Stanton, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
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Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2024
College athletes, please shut up and be grateful you are given a free education as payment for your athletic skills.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
Those final panels, of the Red Skull being shut up in darkness — but not to die.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Where other artists his age have long ago decided to shut up and play the hits, the mercurial 83-year-old is using his recent tour dates to cover songs from the ’50s and play tracks off his middling 2012 album Tempest, with only the occasional scrap of red meat thrown to audiences.
—Chris Stanton, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shut up
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But pandemic-era state and federal funds have dried up, and spending has continued to rise faster than collections, leading to the current structural imbalance.Andrew Keatts, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
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It’s been a tough few years for the venture industry, with IPOs virtually drying up in late 2021 due, at the time, to rising inflation and interest rates.Ari Levy, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
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Back then, Mason was the kind of person who got excited about camera placement on a mountain to capture just the right shot as a downhill ski racer shushed past.Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
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Other players use this tactic too, including Djokovic’s friend Nick Kyrgios (on many occasions), Sebastian Korda at this year’s Italian Open in Rome, and Taylor Fritz, who shushed an entire stadium after beating Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech at Roland Garros in 2023.Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 13 July 2024
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Matthews’ voice swung from gravelly to hushed in a simple, affecting tribute.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
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Throughout the first act, the auditorium was hushed.Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Willis quickly used that notoriety to claim the bans were part of a grand conspiracy to silence truth tellers like him from informing people about what was really happening in the world.David Gilbert, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
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Grantees with innocent-sounding names like Good Information Inc. and Free Press seek mostly to silence other political and policy ideas.Scott Walter, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2024
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While Lydia wallows in the residual pain, Paul has clammed up.Judy Berman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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Judges struggle to name favorite cheese Ask a judge to pick their favorite and most will clam up, dodge the question or offer a long, unranked list.Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
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This combination of quality reporting and fulsome data analysis can guide an investor away from all the noisy, contrived optimism to quiet, accurate realism.John S. Tobey, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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But, if successful, the game plan would go a long way toward both quieting critics who argue Amazon is playing catch-up in the AI wars, while also future-proofing the company’s standing as one of the world’s most powerful and influential technology corporations for decades to come.Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
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Setting boundaries and expectations If seeing all the happy, romantic holiday posts feels too difficult, taking a break from social media or muting certain accounts may help, Abrams said.Kristen Rogers, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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Trading profits, particularly in energy, have been muted across the industry as an extended period of volatility following the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has begun to subside.Bloomberg, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
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In recent years, programs such as grants to settle in Tuscan villages, and Mediterranean islands that sell homes for less than the price of a cup of coffee, have presented tempting opportunities for aspiring expats.Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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In 2021, Prime, Reddy and one of Prime’s doctors agreed to pay $37.5 million to settle allegations that Prime paid the doctor kickbacks for patient referrals, among other allegations.Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Shut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shut%20up. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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