as in avoids
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
just a ruse to shun the debt collectors
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Recent Examples of shuns
This strategy shuns grand openings, favoring subtle engagement and long-term commitment, guiding future US growth.
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Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Altman is a booster for San Francisco, advising its mayor and expanding OpenAI’s offices here, while Musk shuns the city and now lives in Texas.
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David Ingram,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026
Mitski lies on the lawn looking at the girl leaving her, like the witch in Into the Woods when Rapunzel shuns her and then gets promptly trampled by a giant.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2026
The unfortunate truth is that the agency has lost its way and shuns innovation.
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Ross Marchand,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Jan. 2026
Vanya is a closeted gay man who shuns intimacy and Sonia is a neurotic spinster who feels unnoticed and unloved.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
Laugh is the kind of rap mastery that shuns maximalism for pristine, unadorned poetics.
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Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
Instead of a tale of entrapment or escape, Ruth is a story about how a woman full of longing can operate inside a collective that shuns the very notion of wanting.
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Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2025
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Altman is a booster for San Francisco, advising its mayor and expanding OpenAI’s offices here, while Musk shuns the city and now lives in Texas.
—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026
Mitski lies on the lawn looking at the girl leaving her, like the witch in Into the Woods when Rapunzel shuns her and then gets promptly trampled by a giant.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2026
The unfortunate truth is that the agency has lost its way and shuns innovation.
—
Ross Marchand,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Jan. 2026
Vanya is a closeted gay man who shuns intimacy and Sonia is a neurotic spinster who feels unnoticed and unloved.
—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
Laugh is the kind of rap mastery that shuns maximalism for pristine, unadorned poetics.
—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
Instead of a tale of entrapment or escape, Ruth is a story about how a woman full of longing can operate inside a collective that shuns the very notion of wanting.
—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shuns
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Raj avoids exposing others to the flu and keeps his promise to do the job he is being paid to do.
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Paying upfront avoids interest charges and long-term financial commitments.
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Panthalassa evades these regional regulatory and environmental obstacles by deploying autonomous computing nodes directly into deep water.
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And though bound together as one 10-county region, the Hudson Valley actively evades a uniform identity.
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This one remains scoreless after some early tension, and Austria escapes a close call.
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How to Get There Remote escapes, by definition, are hard to reach, but the Northern Neck is accessible from a few cities.
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“Shuns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shuns. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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