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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stifles in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stifles in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of stifles in a Sentence

  1. Italian President Sergio Mattarella:

    In all these years I've always tried to emphasize and to promote the need to combat the Mafia, because it is a cancer which is oppressive and which stifles everybody's freedom and reduces the possibility for the areas in which it's present to prosper and to develop.

  2. Flannery O'Connor:

    Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.

  3. Ashifi Gogo:

    [ Counterfeiting ] causes genuine economic losses which hurts foreign direct investments and stifles innovation.

  4. Fox News:

    Republican governors across America are leading the charge in defending liberty and securing unmatched economic prosperity in our states, the Biden administration is governing from the far-left, ignoring the problems of working-class Americans while pushing an agenda that stifles free speech, free thought, and economic freedom. The American people have had enough, but there is an alternative and that's what I look forward to sharing on Tuesday evening.

  5. Breyer Hillegas:

    If the university prevents a movie like that from being show – it promotes intolerance and stifles dialogue and debate – and goes directly against the atmosphere that the University of Maryland is supposed to support.

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