taboo
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U.S. oil companies are starting to talk about a subject that’s been taboo in the industry for nearly a decade: production growth.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
Besides, there are few better indicators that the previously taboo has gone mainstream than when TV picks up the strap.
From Salon • May 4, 2026
I couldn’t go to a comedy club and wax poetic about sadness — some kinds of sadness you can do that with but the death of a child is such a specific and profound taboo.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
"I think it's quite a taboo subject," says Chloe Cavanagh, 26, from Glasgow, who is on the NHS waiting list for IVF.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
People are also guided by seemingly arbitrary cultural preferences, such as considering fish either delicacies or taboo.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing taboo
Human Geography - Middle School
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This Week in Words: January 13 - 19, 2018
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Human Geography - High School
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