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eschew

[es-choo] / ɛsˈtʃu /


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From Ossoff, he learned how to braid in being an intellectual and polished orator, how debate-club tactics can work as long as you eschew the tie and show an inch of clavicle.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

She explores why so many people eschew these products and discusses how to tell whether they make sense for you.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Executives at Australian tech companies, including Nasdaq-listed Atlassian and privately owned Canva, have attributed their decision to eschew the ASX to what they see as unreasonably low valuations on offer locally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

That decision to eschew the approach led to the departure of Michael Edwards last month - the former Liverpool sporting director had been rehired by FSG in order to lead the multi-club project.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

It was never wise for a ruler to eschew the trappings of power, for power itself flows in no small measure from such trappings.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

“NAZA” eschews probing for guilty feelings, though, because the point is to unearth a process of obliteration: how it works and what it looks like as implemented by the willing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Webb eschews the Wagnerian method of film scoring—dark motifs for the evil characters, bright tunes for the good ones—in favor of fluid, shifting psychological music, a forerunner of Hitchcock’s scores with Bernard Herrmann.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Farrell eschews owning data centers, preferring AI-adjacent exposure through power generation, reasoning that markets underappreciate data centers’ high risk for technology obsolescence.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

But the bigger lie is Shirley presenting himself as a “journalist,” when he eschews basic responsibility to the facts.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

Our extracts will enable the reader to judge of this Poet's style: it is clear and comprehensive, and eschews flowery adornment.

From The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

His Starfleet captain eschewed Captain Kirk’s swagger, though that didn’t mean he was all business.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Speaking about "my dot," Altman almost entirely eschewed referring to the tool as an agent, which has been in common use for years.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

When Phoebe Novack and Brian Aggrey married in 2023, they eschewed a traditional registry for household luxuries or a modern honeymoon fund.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Vermeer eschewed easy narrative deduction, Mr. Graham-Dixon writes, by substituting the map with a blank wall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Here was a show that eschewed what turns out to be the most important of all ways of reaching young children.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

They need to socialize a language of accountability that promotes rule of law, democracy, and due process while eschewing talk of retribution, retaliation, or political payback.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

Anthropic has decided to keep its Claude chatbot ad-free, eschewing what has become a cash cow for OpenAI and other Big Tech companies.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Droll and thoughtful, “Wonder Man” is Marvel’s most grounded offering yet, largely eschewing spectacle to focus on the insecurities of a guy who fears he’ll never get his big break.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Some humanoid makers have nullified the issue by eschewing legs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

“The Order is eschewing any form of transport that is controlled or regulated by the Ministry; they mistrust everything to do with the place.”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling


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