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also tabus
1
as in prohibitions
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2
as in indecencies
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Lammy shed his inhibitions—and found a national platform, in the media—while his future in the Party clouded over.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025 -
Aquarius season asks you to go within, especially with both the sun and Mercury transiting your secretive 12th house of privacy, inhibitions, dreams and unconscious patterns.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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The Statesman also discovered that although a 2017 Texas law requires new school buses to have seat belts, many older buses — like the 2011 model involved in the Hays crash — remain without restraints.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American-Statesman,
18 Dec. 2024
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Reality intrudes — in the form of external crises, financial restraints, political roadblocks, and subsequent elections that demonstrate that your ideology isn’t popular when put into practice.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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Amazon puts significant restrictions on new product sales.—
Tom Wicky,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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Amazon restrictions can be another big hurdle for some sellers.—
Tom Wicky,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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Critics, however, question whether any substantial shipbuilding increase is feasible given budgetary constraints.—
Micah McCartney,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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Their work spans geometry, kinematics, and dynamics of robotic systems under constraints, using predictive models and optimal control principles to enhance robotic movement.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Taboos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taboos. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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