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aversion

[uh-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / əˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /


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In a statement Monday, Kirby said that given American’s public aversion, a merger, which would bring together two of the world’s largest airlines, is “off the table for the foreseeable future.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

“The decline in shadow fleet activity likely reflects increased risk aversion among operators,” Dimitris Ampatzidis, a risk and compliance analyst at Kpler, told Barron’s.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Crucially, this in turn would massively help governments reduce their interest expense because bond markets are obliged to factor in risk aversion because they are focused on second-guessing inflation three months out.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

And there's another phenomenon that has been termed "complexity phobia": the aversion to recognising incontrovertible evidence and facts if they challenge a more comfortable and comforting narrative.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

She continued to gaze at Resch, now with manifold hostility and aversion.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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