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Recent Examples of abstention
The panel voted 5-1, with one abstention, that people ages 6 months and older get a flu vaccination this fall only using single-dose formulas that are thimerosal-free.
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Lauran Neergaard, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
There were three separate votes for this, making this recommendation for children, pregnant women, and all adults each, but all with the same outcome: five 'yes' votes, one 'no' vote (Meissner), and one abstention from anti-vaccine activist and nurse Vicky Pebsworth.
—ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
The board voted 4-0 to support the project proposed by Will, with abstentions by him and trustee Angeles Leira, who had technical issues with Zoom.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
On Thursday, the board passed a resolution holding Iran in non-compliance in a vote with 19 countries in favor, 11 abstentions, and three against — Russia, China, and Burkina Faso.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
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Lauran Neergaard, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
There were three separate votes for this, making this recommendation for children, pregnant women, and all adults each, but all with the same outcome: five 'yes' votes, one 'no' vote (Meissner), and one abstention from anti-vaccine activist and nurse Vicky Pebsworth.
—ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
The board voted 4-0 to support the project proposed by Will, with abstentions by him and trustee Angeles Leira, who had technical issues with Zoom.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
On Thursday, the board passed a resolution holding Iran in non-compliance in a vote with 19 countries in favor, 11 abstentions, and three against — Russia, China, and Burkina Faso.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abstention
Noun
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The feats, the ecstasies, the prostrations and abnegations.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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The explicit and quasi-religious abnegation of the right to violent self-defense put the national committee at odds with one of its key allies during the Saturday march: Black Lives Matter.—
Samantha Eyler,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2017
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Instead of avoiding a task, face the core of your worry, reframe the negative thoughts that fuel your avoidance and get back to the task with intention.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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When the neurons were turned on artificially, the mice reacted with fear and avoidance, even when no pain was actually present.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 July 2025
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But Constance offered no more in her own defense, for all her mortification.—
Jim Shepard,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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Oldman’s face, set in brooding concentration, evokes a pained, vaguely incredulous mortification, which builds to a bitter, almost paralyzing ruefulness.—
Houman Barekat,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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That kind of asceticism seemed neither fun nor sustainable.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 June 2025
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Role models for digital moderation, much less asceticism, are in short supply.—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
11 May 2025
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In the interim, borrowers have been in interest-free forbearance, freed from making payments until at least September 2025, while their debt has been prevented from ballooning.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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The bill also eliminates payment deferral for borrowers experiencing economic hardship and unemployment, and forbearances would be limited to 9 months (previously 24 months).—
Nathan Goldman,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Crace transports readers two thousand years into the past to a stark Biblical landscape full of visceral encounters, violence, self-denial, and possible miracles.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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But the biblical term for self-denial – inui – has another meaning.—
Rabbi Avi Weiss,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Oct. 2024
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We were terrified of his strict rules on frugality....—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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If Coastal Carolina goes on to win the national title, be impressed by the program’s success despite its frugality, but don’t be surprised.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
21 June 2025
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Corder's funeral was held on July 11, with colleagues and city officials honoring his service and sacrifice.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
12 July 2025
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The percentage is small, in part, because military service demands an unusually high level of commitment and sacrifice.—
Terina Allen,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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“Abstention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstention. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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