taboo
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That possibility remains taboo in many European circles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
There has been frequent private speculation about the state of Biya's health, but openly discussing it is taboo and he has always defied rumours of his death by appearing in public after long absences.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
But with your tax preparer, the conversation will turn quickly to that taboo topic — your income.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
For a blip in this post-Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” era, when queerness is once again taboo, the counterculture went mainstream.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
Thus, among the thousands of culturally diverse native peoples of Australia, the Americas, and Africa, no universal cultural taboo stood in the way of animal domestication.
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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