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don't

[dohnt] / doʊnt /
NOUN
a rule forbidding something
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Don’t forget the in-house garlic sauce, or the baklava for dessert.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Don’t waste one brain cell trying to deduce the assassin.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Don’t add your son’s name to the deed.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

As the footage continues, the officer can be heard asking: "You've been stabbed, whereabouts?" before adding: "Don't think you have, mate."

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Don’t think about potatoes, I told myself, and turned over, the straw rustling under me.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff




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