shunning
Example Sentences
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It isn’t that he’s shunning artificial intelligence—he is learning Spanish with the help of Anthropic’s Claude.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Jobless claims tell investors virtually nothing about whether businesses are hiring, but they clearly show most companies are shunning big layoffs.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
Assets are valued using a “risk-free” interest rate, and an investor’s tolerance in either taking risk on, or shunning it entirely, dictates the prices of those assets throughout the whole of their tradable life.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
The data suggests that young people, and increasing numbers of men in particular, are shunning booze.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026
I thought I had truly suffered from the spillover of Stargirl’s shunning, but that was nothing now that the full torrent was turned on me.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
