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also tabus
1
as in prohibitions
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as in indecencies
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for taboos
Noun
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Ideally, wrote Davis in a follow-up email, the government agency will spell out its specific concerns about each peptide, and then describe what data would be needed for the FDA to overturn its prohibitions.—
Sara Talpos — Undark,
STAT,
3 Feb. 2026 -
Governments ban all sorts of goods and services for youth, adults, or both, and most prohibitions do not create other devastating social problems.—
Keith Humphreys,
The Atlantic,
2 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There’s something disturbing about these proscriptions, which is why both Kalmey and Miola identify them as critical.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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As the representative for the armed wing of a human empire, you're tasked with subduing these Lovecraftian abominations and securing a foothold for humanity on alien worlds.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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The Succession Wars took a much darker turn thanks to the development of not just Battlemechs but of horrible flesh and steel monsters called abominations.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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In a race to find out who caused this marital mayhem, emotions will be high, inhibitions will be low, and everyone will have access to an open bar.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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Narcissists sometimes get worse with age, as their remaining inhibitions fall away.—
David Brooks,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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This garish cavalcade of perversions, which just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, should have been shocking and transgressive; the pieces are certainly there.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
15 Feb. 2026
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Teams such as the Suns spent their way into the apron with an incomplete team and had to deconstruct themselves to get out of the restraints.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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The restaurant was in violation of 16 standards, including employees not using hair restraints and rust accumulation on prep surfaces.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Jailbreaking in this context refers to a process that removes software restrictions placed on a piece of hardware.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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This unit will also enforce Florida’s existing foreign adversary laws — including restrictions on land ownership — and expand accountability to companies and individuals aligned with hostile regimes that threaten Floridians’ privacy, security and sovereignty.—
February 17,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
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That makes what these stellar series pulled off even more impressive given the budgetary and reputational constraints.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
18 Feb. 2026
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Leaders and the public will confront new energy constraints and solutions.—
Jared Cohen,
Time,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Taboos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taboos. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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