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Recent Examples of abstemiousness
The most obvious evidence of that trend is currently taking place in the form of a monthlong exercise in abstemiousness known as Dry January.
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Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026
The book promises that an abundant future is possible—a savvy framing, because some environmentalists often claim that the path to well-being runs through abstemiousness, a message that does not tend to resonate with broad swaths of society.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026
The book promises that an abundant future is possible—a savvy framing, because some environmentalists often claim that the path to well-being runs through abstemiousness, a message that does not tend to resonate with broad swaths of society.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abstemiousness
dieting
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Some people do need more protein, including those who are aging, pregnant or losing weight, whether through dieting or GLP-1 drugs.—
Rich Bellis,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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His clinic found excessive insulin was trapping his body in a fat-storage cycle that no amount of dieting would have broken.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Abstemiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstemiousness. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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