deterred

Example Sentences

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But Viking’s core customer base of older, wealthier Americans hasn’t been deterred from traveling, Talactac and Hagen told Barron’s last month.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

One department store worker told the BBC that shoppers were being deterred by children "coming in en masse, creating noise and chaos".

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The spike in global energy prices hasn’t deterred Wall Street analysts from penciling in increasingly higher estimates for corporate profits in 2026.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Tickets in the top two categories, priced between $1,940 and $2,370, have remained available through subsequent ticket drops, suggesting fans have been deterred by the cost.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

But just as crime tends to be low on a street where a police car is parked, the 95 percent rate was artificially high: Feldman’s presence had deterred theft.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt