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abstinent

[ab-stuh-nuhnt] / ˈæb stə nənt /










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To get R95 funding, they also cannot require people to be totally abstinent before being admitted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

He said he had gone a year without drinking and pledged to "remain abstinent to offer the greatest chance for my own health to continue to improve".

From BBC ● May 24, 2023

“The restaurant business tends to require a lot of face-to-face contact, and that makes those jobs harder right now, wearing masks, dealing with abstinent customers, and the risk of getting COVID,” she said.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2022

Indeed, it's unrealistic to expect people to be abstinent and not go on dates and try to find connection as we find ourselves nine months into quarantine.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2020

We ourselves at least tried all three; if it proved easier to be abstinent than self-indulgent, that was our own affair.

From The Subterranean Brotherhood by Julian Hawthorne


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