abstinent
Example Sentences
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To get R95 funding, they also cannot require people to be totally abstinent before being admitted.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024
Harm reduction is the idea that someone does not need to be completely sober or abstinent from drugs in order to receive treatment and care or community support and sympathy.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023
He said he had gone a year without drinking and pledged to "remain abstinent to offer the greatest chance for my own health to continue to improve".
From BBC • May 24, 2023
“The restaurant business tends to require a lot of face-to-face contact, and that makes those jobs harder right now, wearing masks, dealing with abstinent customers, and the risk of getting COVID,” she said.
From Washington Times • Feb. 3, 2022
I asked, in astonishment, why they were so abstinent.
From Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War by Cable, George Washington
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
