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detox

[dee-toks, dee-toks] / ˈdiˌtɒks, diˈtɒks /


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“I think of this as a detox, for both the financial markets and financial journalists,” Bessent said of Warsh’s strategy of not hinting about the direction of rate policy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

But sometimes, he says, it's nice to have a digital detox without his phone pinging.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Before the detox, Bobby Loomis, 25, who works in real estate, struggled to watch even a single episode of a TV series without checking his phone.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

Americans’ monthlong exercises in restraint have been known to affect sales of everything from razors in November to alcohol at the beginning of the year and snacks as some take on a one-month sugar detox.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

In fact I feel irritated and can’t help wondering whether I could have gotten the same result without spending $30 and three days on detox and bloat.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

And new tools are available to make that happen: digital detox apps, phone-blocking gadgets, and groups, such as the one in Washington, that facilitate month-long detoxes.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

But if digital detoxes don’t work, what does?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026

He says digital detoxes, like going phone-free for a day or a weekend, are useful to learn how much you rely on technology and how you feel when you aren’t using it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026

Shafransky says to think of digital detoxes as a diet for your finances.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025

Even regular detoxes once a week, you still go back the rest of the week.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2023

She underwent insulin-potentiated chemotherapy, detoxed and did more alternative treatments that brought the cancer down to Stage 2 in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

By 2020, staffer Louis Theroux tells me proudly, the detoxed grounds will be the city’s second largest park.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2015

Should you be in need of some detoxing, here are four twisty, gripping stories to make you forget about that heated argument at dinner.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023

Some users have departed, decamping for alternatives or detoxing altogether.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023

Then we need to start to think about pulling back, like taking breaks every couple of hours, digitally detoxing, going outside, putting on music.

From Reuters ● Dec. 27, 2021

“We’re clocking over 10 hours a day on average in front of computers and devices,” says Mandi Vance of Kakadu Dream, a line dedicated to detoxing skin from the hazards of “modern digital life.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2020

I founded the Cancer Schmancer movement, and a big cornerstone of our organization is detoxing your life.

From Salon ● May 2, 2019


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