as in abnegation
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Recent Examples of abstention
The final tally was 101 in favor and six opposed, with two abstentions.
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Sam Allard, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
The move passed 22-1-1, with one vote against it by Democrat Ron Gibson and one abstention by Republican Derek Cahill.
—Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2024
The French bid for the 2030 edition received 84 ‘yes’ votes, four ‘no’ votes and there were seven abstentions.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 July 2024
His abstention kicked off a malaise that culminated in a determination to kill himself in his Connecticut farmhouse, ending only with his subsequent hospitalization and recovery.
—Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024
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Sam Allard, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
The move passed 22-1-1, with one vote against it by Democrat Ron Gibson and one abstention by Republican Derek Cahill.
—Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2024
The French bid for the 2030 edition received 84 ‘yes’ votes, four ‘no’ votes and there were seven abstentions.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 July 2024
His abstention kicked off a malaise that culminated in a determination to kill himself in his Connecticut farmhouse, ending only with his subsequent hospitalization and recovery.
—Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abstention
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The explicit and quasi-religious abnegation of the right to violent self-defense put the national committee at odds with one of its key allies during the Saturday march: Black Lives Matter.Samantha Eyler, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2017
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Is that an abnegation of interviewer responsibility?David Marchese David Marchese Photograph by Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
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Such sentiments are hard to capture in polls but Harris’s enduring avoidance, or, perhaps, lack of imagination, may have dampened much of the enthusiasm about her campaign among many liberal voters.Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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This statistic, though unsurprising given the historical roots of DEI initiatives in regulatory compliance and risk avoidance, underscores a critical truth: today's workplace has evolved, and employees demand more sincerity in approach.Julie Kratz, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Soundscapes of the Silenced In late Renaissance Florence one in five women lived behind institutional walls whose rule was sensory mortification.Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
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Sylvie saves everyone from further mortification by picking up the check.Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
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Louise tells tales of drunkenness, asceticism, death.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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The Buddha’s first sermon also described the Middle Way: a balance between the extremes of asceticism and indulgence.Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
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Her only other debt is an outstanding student loan balance of about $10,000, currently in forbearance, so payments are paused.Mike Winters,Lauren Shamo, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, millions of borrowers are in forbearance for at least another six months after court challenges halted Biden’s signature student loan repayment plan known as Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE.Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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Loneliness gets to the heart of the spiritual dissatisfaction and self-denial seen post-Covid and in both the pro-Hamas and pro–George Floyd rioting.Armond White, National Review, 10 May 2024
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Crace transports readers 2,000 years into the past to a stark Biblical landscape full of visceral encounters, violence, self-denial, and possible miracles.Mia Barzilay Freund, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2024
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The spread of frugality is hurting China’s economy.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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Plagued by global pandemics and industry-wide strikes, Hollywood has experienced an unprecedented era of frugality in the past few years.Jack Dunn, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
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Keep the thrills coming with Jessica Guess’s Cirque Berserk, which stars four teens who make an annual sacrifice to the queen of the underworld in exchange for eternal youth.Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Pregnancy, as the biological process by which human reproduction occurs, always requires physical sacrifice and carries the possibility of death.Essence, Essence, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Abstention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstention. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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