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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

Jonathan Haidt has become a leading advocate for a regular digital detox.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

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

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

And when the detox ended, his daily screen time dropped from six to four hours, roughly in line with the average for American adults.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

SABIO, BEX: The door will open when the detox procedure is over, remember?

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

You’re going to yoga for flexibility, and maybe you’re detoxing to balance your microbiome.

From Washington Post ● May 23, 2022

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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