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detox

[dee-toks, dee-toks] / ˈdiˌtɒks, diˈtɒks /


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That sensitivity is reflected in the adorable strategy Hunnam employed to detox from playing Gein throughout the production.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

“I think of this as a detox, for both the financial markets and financial journalists,” Bessent said of Warsh’s strategy of not hinting about the direction of rate policy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

But sometimes, he says, it's nice to have a digital detox without his phone pinging.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

And new tools are available to make that happen: digital detox apps, phone-blocking gadgets, and groups, such as the one in Washington, that facilitate month-long detoxes.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

SABIO, BEX: The door will open when the detox procedure is over, remember?

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The movement to reduce dependence on social media and, by extension, Big Tech goes far beyond recommending phone-free spaces and regular digital detoxes.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

And new tools are available to make that happen: digital detox apps, phone-blocking gadgets, and groups, such as the one in Washington, that facilitate month-long detoxes.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

But if digital detoxes don’t work, what does?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026

He says digital detoxes, like going phone-free for a day or a weekend, are useful to learn how much you rely on technology and how you feel when you aren’t using it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026

Shafransky says to think of digital detoxes as a diet for your finances.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025

She underwent insulin-potentiated chemotherapy, detoxed and did more alternative treatments that brought the cancer down to Stage 2 in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

By 2020, staffer Louis Theroux tells me proudly, the detoxed grounds will be the city’s second largest park.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2015

Should you be in need of some detoxing, here are four twisty, gripping stories to make you forget about that heated argument at dinner.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023

Claims range from clearing your skin, stopping body odor, increasing energy and oxygen, to detoxing your liver and preventing cancer.

From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2022

Then we need to start to think about pulling back, like taking breaks every couple of hours, digitally detoxing, going outside, putting on music.

From Reuters ● Dec. 27, 2021

The Well is a place for members to slow down and yet, ironically, another destination to rush to, where digitally detoxing can sometimes prove a challenge.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2020

“We’re clocking over 10 hours a day on average in front of computers and devices,” says Mandi Vance of Kakadu Dream, a line dedicated to detoxing skin from the hazards of “modern digital life.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2020


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