shunning
Example Sentences
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It isn’t that he’s shunning artificial intelligence—he is learning Spanish with the help of Anthropic’s Claude.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 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
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
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
I told myself that the shunning was more painful for me than for Stargirl.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
