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quiets

  • present tense form of quiet (3rd person singular).

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When 19th Street quiets down around midnight, the party shifts to the Sanchaung area.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

If the Iran conflict is resolved and inflation quiets down, the economy could even see another burst of growth.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Gabapentin quiets nerve firing in the spinal cord and brain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Mr. LaChapelle said Mr. Card had bought the silencer — a device that quiets gun shots — from another store, and that store sent it to Coastal Defense Firearms for pickup.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2023

The simple motion quiets my brain, just like it does when I take out my coloring-for-stress-relief book before a test.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison