shunning

Example Sentences

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Some investors are shunning private-credit funds, but billions of dollars are still flowing into related funds with a big software exposure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Jobless claims tell investors virtually nothing about whether businesses are hiring, but they clearly show most companies are shunning big layoffs.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Takaichi -- who also stands out as a non-hereditary politician from an ordinary family -- has distanced herself from old-school politics, shunning late-night drinks and fancy dinners in favour of pre-dawn policy meetings.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

He'd taken to shunning his old Army friends.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie