dissuasion
Example Sentences
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Northern Triangle leaders may listen stoically as Vice President Harris delivers her “do not come” message of dissuasion to migrants.
From Washington Post
President Donald Trump regarded trauma, in the form of breaking up families, as a fine tool of dissuasion when it came to illegal immigration.
From Washington Post
The dissuasion campaign appears to be working, according to state data.
From Washington Post
Truth in Advertising added that the brand also used “dissuasion and diversion tactics” when consumers tried to cancel memberships.
From New York Times
The mission comes as France looks to double down on its own nuclear dissuasion program.
From Fox News
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