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A recent string of such reports has quashed hopes that the Federal Reserve may deliver the three cuts to interest rates this year that it had earlier signaled.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

On the Japanese side, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda has quashed expectations for a hawkish shift during coming months by repeatedly emphasising a patient approach was needed to tightening the taps on its super loose policy.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2023

That has quashed demand, leaving the market saturated with vacancies and threatening to push down property values.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2023

Meanwhile, technology has quashed, one by one, claims that cognitive tasks require a human brain.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2023

But the state's court of criminal appeal has quashed his convictions and ordered a retrial.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2022