eschew
Example Sentences
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Others have raised concerns that Netflix’s acquisition effort — the company had previously eschewed building through mergers — might be driven, in part, by worries about a slowdown in subscriber and revenue growth.
From MarketWatch
Mr. Burke eschews “terrorist” as a noun, because “I do not think reducing complex individuals to a single-word description is helpful.”
Starting out as documentarians, the Dardenne brothers have long fashioned their social-realist narratives as stripped-down affairs, eschewing music scores and shooting the scenes in long takes with a minimum of fuss.
From Los Angeles Times
Tesla’s technology relies on only eight cameras to see the world, eschewing the cost and computational load of lidar and other sensors.
Oakley—who still throws on a sports jacket and eschews denim when he’s flying—thinks Duffy’s push is a “noble idea” that likely won’t move the needle as long as flying remains “cheap but unpleasant.”
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