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Recent Examples of aversion His aversion to confrontation is outweighed by the urgent need for triage. Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 Loss Aversion The concept of loss aversion may also be closely monitored as the industry evaluates the implications of the subscription service. Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 Kerkorian was widely known for his aversion to the press. Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025 Christie Werts worked through her aversion to adoption to take in the son of her husband's late ex-wife Comments Growing up, Christie Werts always felt a little different from the rest of her family. Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for aversion 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aversion
Noun
  • And yet, there's an undercurrent of rage, despair, and disgust running through the country over the hostage-ceasefire deal announced on Wednesday.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Even 53 weeks later, Sean Payton’s disgust with his first season as the Broncos head coach is palpable.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Chrishell’s dislike of Tom seems to have continued after filming ended.
    Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
  • An ardent dislike for Gaetz might be the most bipartisan, bicameral issue to come out of the 118th Congress.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Arachnophobia, the clinical term for a , is one of the world's most common phobias.
    Jack Beresford, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Sad to say, each of these phobias have been exploited by corporate and government interests to cut down forests in a cynical ploy to tame wild nature.
    Josh Schlossberg, The Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Hannah condemned hatred of Muslims in the strongest terms possible, and Pandith did the same against antisemitism.
    Hannah Rosenthal and David Saperstein, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Hepburn’s hatred of fascism and the Nazis was especially resonant to people on Reddit.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • United fans have long had an affinity for Argentine players, dating back to the treatment of David Beckham upon his return from the 1998 World Cup, drawn from an antipathy towards England’s national team among the club’s match-going support.
    Mark Critchley, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • This antipathy came to a violent head on Jan. 9, 1964.
    Rolando Arrieta, NPR, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Excessive depictions of pain, as in Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, can curdle understanding into a kind of grimy sympathy or, worse, distaste.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Yet Kingsley frequently expressed his distaste for rigid scientific naturalism and its rejection of all intuition and openness to the unknown.
    Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This go round, audiences saw them being buried alive, interrogated by the enemy for hours, running mercilessly, and jumping off a bridge.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The Trump administration’s version of justice rewards his friends and excludes his enemies.
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Children are more likely to experience nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, while adults are more likely to experience heartburn and chest pain.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 24 Jan. 2025
  • After experiencing nausea, dizziness intense headaches, the 20-year-old confided in her twin sister Sophia Strahan.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 22 Jan. 2025

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“Aversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aversion. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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