dissuasion

Example Sentences

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Initially, the employers countered the organizing campaigns with criticism of unions and other means of dissuasion.

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

He previously sued CNN, accusing the network of playing a part in a "campaign of dissuasion in the form of libel and slander against" him, seeking $475 million in punitive damages.

From Salon • May 4, 2023

“The dissuasion is working. But then, the less we talk about it, the less we brandish the threat, the more credible we are.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2022

That glaring disconnect, between official dissuasion and on-the-ground leniency, has been received by Haitian and other migrants as an invitation to take their chances on reaching the U.S. border.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2021

She had been strong in her dissuasion of his starting at all, and that, if Archie was quite honest with himself, was one of the principal reasons why he had insisted on doing so.

From Across the Stream by Benson, Edward Frederic