suspiration

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Noun
  • Frequent Shein and Temu shoppers can breathe a small sigh of relief after President Donald Trump rolled back the most stringent policies on Chinese imports, with the new rules effective today.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 14 May 2025
  • Despite the sigh of relief from investors, the situation is still far from settled and a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the industry.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • McAfee let out one last gasp, elbowing for his life, before finally succumbing to the hold.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
  • The agent turned and forcefully shoved the man backwards, causing several members of the crowd to let out audible gasps.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • There are no tanks on the streets or intelligence agents stamping out whispers of dissent.
    Leila Fadel, NPR, 29 May 2025
  • One legend says workers found fake coins during excavations on the site; others hold whispers of kings, assassinations and shady land ownership.
    Lily Radziemski, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • But reports of an impending deal have become such a constant background murmur that few observers count on a diplomatic breakthrough to head off the new operation.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
  • The water was warm, the voices from the beach a murmur.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The usual rustles—of people shifting in their chairs, reaching for water bottles, pulling out cellphones, or opening laptops to check email—stopped cold.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Mar. 2019
  • Somehow, this shell also manages to be bizarrely soft on the skin with almost no rustle.
    Adrienne So, Wired News, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Suspiration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suspiration. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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