shun
Example Sentences
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The other is strong U.S. economic growth, which encourages investors to bet on riskier SpaceX-like stocks and shun safe assets such as Treasuries.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
What Mr. Ahamed withholds are the strong, respectable arguments to embrace, not to shun, the boogeyman that Federal Reserve economists style “deflation” but that a layman might rather recognize as human progress.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Rather than shun the growing underground of youthful hackers, he had been attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club, where young Altair and Commodore users met to trade their tiny software programs and swap lore.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
In November, executives said the chain had attracted more upper-income consumers, while lower-income customers continued to shun dining out.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026
The spirits, for reasons still unclear to me, shun my every attempt to channel them into my unfortunate sketches.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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