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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

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

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

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

As Saturday afternoon turned into Saturday night, I felt like I was detoxing from the Friday night debacle back in D.C. — the rescheduled White House correspondents’ dinner.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2026

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

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

They could then follow up with eight years of formation, beginning with a year dedicated to detoxing from the culture and social media, growth in self-knowledge, prayer and a secure masculine identity.

From Washington Post Oct. 18, 2018




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