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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

"Indeed NHS hospitals in every major city in England had aversion therapy suites precisely for this purpose."

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

It was far from perfect, and I did have to overcome my aversion to seeing so many naked, hairy feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Indeed, not only in astronomy but in other realms of inquiry, notably mechanical technology and medicine, the ancients seem almost perverse in their aversion to stumbling on the truth.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

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

They say around here that bellies stir up certain cravings or aversions.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez


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