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Example sentences for: stifle

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The academic community is protesting a new law that will require all recipients of federal research grants to make their research data public through the Freedom of Information Act . Researchers fret that corporate and political interests will use the FOIA powers to stifle research on controversial subjects by bombarding them with information requests.
As America's unofficial central banker, Morgan tried to rein in the excesses of the business cycle, stifle speculative manias, control corporate competition, keep the currency "sound," and stop panics.
Because the price for Windows has more than doubled since 1990 and because the apparent monopoly might "stifle services that would emerge with competition," the editorial concludes that Microsoft could be bad for consumers.
The chief stressed that this beefed-up security is in no way intended to stifle dissent.
Unless Starr manages to push the perjury issue back to center stage, Mrs. Clinton's defense of her husband will stifle the public's appetite for further investigation.