as in silence
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Noun
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Inside the West Wing, staff sat in shocked silence, scrolling to see the latest updates of news on their phones and messages on their computer screens.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025 -
After a near-fatal experience, Kaif began seeing both stories and silences differently.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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Or escape completely from the fray and bask in the quiet of the adults-only Hibiscus Pool or the 50,000-square-foot spa, the largest in the state.—
Forbes Travel Guide,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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In the quiet between storms, the couple gave ESSENCE a true look into their own reality.—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Aug. 2025
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And in the stillness of a paused world, people listened.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
8 Sep. 2025
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Still, Tony Leung commands the screen with such economy of gesture, such magnetic stillness, such sheer star power.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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As evidence that Midjourney trained its AI system on its intellectual property, the studio attaches dozens of images showing the tool’s outputs compared to stills from its movies and TV shows.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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Kennedy gave a speech to the senate in front of a still of the chestburster from the original Alien movie.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Silentness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silentness. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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