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aversion

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


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Add in the public’s aversion to barring businesses from doing anything, along with the fond feelings many Americans have for the words “private” and “equity,” and it’s easy to feel hopeless.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Bowman believes one significant factor contributing to supervisory inaction was a long-standing culture of risk aversion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Most of the people who had electric shock aversion therapy were men.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

A break below technical support alongside rising BoJ rate expectations could signal growing risk aversion across global markets.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

But too late; he had already told her, and he could see by her face, by the flicker of sudden aversion, that she knew.

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

To pay my respect, I ate not only for myself but my whole family, whose allergies and aversions led them to abstain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Sensory aversions to specific smells, tastes, textures, temperatures, or appearances of foods.

From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2025

Pregnancy is often a time for food aversions and exhaustion, but for Keatley the opposite has been true.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2023

"I really regret the rice isn't consumed due to safety rumours, but I also understand it's hard to completely refute aversions."

From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2023

I will uncover and invoke inclinations and aversions.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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