shunning
Example Sentences
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I remember thinking her diatribe about the injustice of Hester Prynne’s shunning would segue into the cruelties Charles faced with the goal of inspiring someone to defy the blacklist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Other topics we delve into include the workers shunning the AI revolution, sperm health and how to get your kids to love golf.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
We look at where the managers are most “overweight,” meaning the assets on which they are placing their biggest bets, and most “underweight,” meaning the assets they are shunning.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 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
He'd taken to shunning his old Army friends.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
