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Example sentences for: stifle

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The chief stressed that this beefed-up security is in no way intended to stifle dissent.
Thus, the NIH appears to reward experience and proven results very heavily, which may stifle innovation and likely serves as an innate barrier for younger physician-investigators contemplating research careers [9].
At a House hearing last week, Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission officials argued that exempting doctors from antitrust laws would stifle "competition," limit "consumer choice," raise costs, and reduce "quality."
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.
By confronting them with budget cuts instead of tax increases-claiming that Bradley would "shred the social safety net" and stifle "new initiatives on education" in order to "give two-thirds of the money to those who already have health insurance"-Gore gives them pause.