as in to censor
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Recent Examples of muzzle
Bob Ortega, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
The House voted 105-2 on the plan (HB 7031), which drew some criticism for lifting sales taxes for the next fiscal year on firearm accessories, including holsters, magazines, muzzle devices, sights and suppressors.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Frank Landymore, Futurism, 21 Jan. 2026
The lethality of ammunition is much beyond caliber size or muzzle velocity.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
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Noun
On October 23, a Border Patrol agent with a tactical team accompanying Bovino fired a 40mm muzzle-blast chemical shell directly at the face of a Chicago protester filming with a cell phone.
—Bob Ortega, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
The House voted 105-2 on the plan (HB 7031), which drew some criticism for lifting sales taxes for the next fiscal year on firearm accessories, including holsters, magazines, muzzle devices, sights and suppressors.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
And even its own alarming internal figures haven’t spurred the very concerned minds at OpenAI like Altman to pull or at least seriously muzzle their product.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 21 Jan. 2026
The lethality of ammunition is much beyond caliber size or muzzle velocity.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muzzle
Noun
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Speculation immediately followed surrounding what caused their beak-up, including that Keoghan was unfaithful.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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During jousts, Bruce targets the head, wings, beak and legs of his opponents in close contact without making physical contact with them.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Schomburg’s dedication to collecting represents an enduring tradition of resistance to the forces that censor, sanitize, and constrain stories about the past.—
Laura E. Helton,
Literary Hub,
20 Apr. 2026
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The suspension was rescinded after massive public backlash, with politicians from both sides of the aisle calling it a government attempt to censor free speech.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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By March, crews found the mandible of an adult man, followed within days by the ribs of a young adult.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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His fingers splayed and writhed like a terrible mandible.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Kapanen silenced the raucous sellout crowd at Honda Center 38 seconds after the opening faceoff with his fourth goal in four games.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The country was once very free online, remarkable given President Vladimir Putin’s autocratic rule, but more recently access to global messaging apps has been restricted and the internet has been completely shut down at times as Moscow has sought to silence criticism.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The best part, of course, is sampling cacao nibs, loads of fresh fruit and nuts, as well as honey, along the way.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
25 Feb. 2026
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Signature menu items include the Superfood Bowl — featuring acai, pitaya, almond milk, organic granola, cacao nibs and goji berries.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In July 2013, Anderson and Walker were found bound, gagged, tortured and shot to death in Anderson’s home, according to police.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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Even if the first episode had everyone gagging (literally).—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The jugal bone, or what could be called the cheekbone, and the maxilla, or jawbone, are fused, Bertozzo said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Cook County Sheriff’s Office decided to reopen the Gacy file in 2011 as a cold case, exhuming bone fragments and sending eight sets of mandibles and maxilla to the CHI lab in Fort Worth for DNA processing.—
David Montesino,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Jan. 2024
Noun
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As of last week, nearly 2,900 second installment bills that were supposed to go out last November were still unsent — including the bungalow Brooks has owned since 1982.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The age-attestation bill cleared its first House committee Thursday, setting it up for consideration by the full House in the coming weeks.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Muzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muzzle. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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