shunning

Example Sentences

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We look at where the managers are most “overweight,” meaning the assets on which they are placing their biggest bets, and most “underweight,” meaning the assets they are shunning.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Assets are valued using a “risk-free” interest rate, and an investor’s tolerance in either taking risk on, or shunning it entirely, dictates the prices of those assets throughout the whole of their tradable life.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

It isn’t that they are intentionally shunning on-campus activities and events.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Cass’s proposal for social shunning of people who take jobs in the financial sector is gross.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

I had apologized to them all for shunning them after the accident, and they had all acted as if nothing had ever happened.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam