refrain (from)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refrain (from)
avoid
Verb
  • The movie also acknowledges that there is a climate crisis, but tries to avoid having viewers frozen with fear.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
  • But Augustin pleaded guilty to second-degree assault as a hate crime, avoiding even more prison time if he had been convicted by a Queens jury on the manslaughter charge.
    Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
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“Refrain (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refrain%20%28from%29. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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