stigma
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“The stigma cast upon him—and by extension, his loved ones—and the daily pressure and anxiety he endured undoubtedly played a role,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
"It's a lot of stigma when somebody is brought to a psychiatrist," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
These include poverty, inadequate support for mothers, a lack of access to state help, and the cultural stigma of having children outside of marriage.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Often there’s a social stigma associated with eldercare, said Nicole Jorwic, chief program officer at Caring Across Generations, an advocacy organization.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
You must make a commitment to winning the remaining games or be prepared to have the stigma of being called a loser attached to your team for the rest of history.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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It’s also a testament to bygone stigmas and ascendant trends in American dining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
With their annual income at their fingertips, a family of saffron farmers pluck delicate crimson stigmas from crocus flowers grown high in India’s Kashmir Valley.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 26, 2024
“There are stigmas attached to using AI filmmaking tools, especially in traditional creative communities, but we’re trying to be transparent about how the tools are being used,” Shimura said in an interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024
"It's about breaking down those stigmas and taking people for what they are."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2024
To subject people who test positive to stigmas, especially when most of them may be false positives, is counterproductive and wrong.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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St. Francis, unmistakable from his tonsure, his chestnut robe and his stigmata, looks lovingly at the Christ Child.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
A student recently asked me about St. Francis of Assisi and the stigmata.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025
At least get some kind of stigmata going.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024
“But right now he’s ambulatory enough to where he doesn’t have all the stigmata of being critically ill in an intensive care unit, and all of the things that come with that.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
“All the physiological stigmata of old age have been abolished. And along with them, of course . . .” “Don’t forget to ask him about that Malthusian belt,” said Fanny.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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