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Recent Examples of teetotal
There’s an extensive mocktail menu for teetotal partiers every night as well.
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Terry Elward, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Luxury brands, too, are progressively tapping into catering for an audience that’s closer to becoming teetotal than any other generation.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
No, again — the man sitting here today is virtually teetotal.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 6 June 2025
The teetotal actor launched nonalcoholic beer brand, BERO, in October.
—Paul Rhodes, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
The Kansas men’s team, for instance, celebrated its national title last year with a water bottle waterfall over Coach Bill Self’s head — a teetotal rendition of the champagne squalls typically seen from championship-winning pro teams.
—Andrew Keh, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
Adolf Hitler, on the other hand, was teetotal.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 3 Dec. 2020
The largest study of the most recent data in the UK shows that in 2019, 16-to-25-year-olds were the most likely to be teetotal, with 26% not drinking, compared to the least likely generation (55-to-74-year-olds).
—Angela Lei, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
While the pandemic spurred many, like Ms. Cliffe, to alter habits, Britain’s teetotal movement has risen steadily since the turn of the millennium.
—Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2022
Terry Elward, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Luxury brands, too, are progressively tapping into catering for an audience that’s closer to becoming teetotal than any other generation.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
No, again — the man sitting here today is virtually teetotal.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 6 June 2025
The teetotal actor launched nonalcoholic beer brand, BERO, in October.
—Paul Rhodes, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
The Kansas men’s team, for instance, celebrated its national title last year with a water bottle waterfall over Coach Bill Self’s head — a teetotal rendition of the champagne squalls typically seen from championship-winning pro teams.
—Andrew Keh, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
Adolf Hitler, on the other hand, was teetotal.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 3 Dec. 2020
The largest study of the most recent data in the UK shows that in 2019, 16-to-25-year-olds were the most likely to be teetotal, with 26% not drinking, compared to the least likely generation (55-to-74-year-olds).
—Angela Lei, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
While the pandemic spurred many, like Ms. Cliffe, to alter habits, Britain’s teetotal movement has risen steadily since the turn of the millennium.
—Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teetotal
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Some have evolved exceedingly specific diets—diets that would put even the most abstemious human to shame.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The solution offered up by some: the sort of abstemious, low-fat, often vegetarian, diets that had been prescribed as lust-control regimens only decades earlier.—
Rachel Hope Cleves / Made by History,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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Wilson ran for 502 yards last season, averaged 4.9 yards per carry and had five total touchdowns.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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July is usually their most successful month, with a total income of $122,602 last year.—
Sophie Caldwell
Lauren Shamo,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This combination might slow digestion, and the dry chia may clump together in your stomach, causing a heavy or bloated feeling.—
Morgan Pearson,
Verywell Health,
7 Aug. 2025
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Avoid tanning beds: Ultraviolet (UV) rays may lighten tattoos. Clean and moisturize: Don’t let the tattooed skin get too dry.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
7 Aug. 2025
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Amid all the looming consciousness that our time on earth is precious, there are also specials unerringly devoted to utter stupidity, and even the comedians fixated on mortality are delivering life-affirming material, too.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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At my worst, there was utter loneliness and anhedonia.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
5 Aug. 2025
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The final team will be announced after the Tour Championship next week, but one unqualified LIV name is already locked in: Bryson DeChambeau.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Nearly a week after dozens of tenants of The Cooper filed a lawsuit saying an unqualified electrician caused the fire at the Fort Worth apartments, a second group of tenants filed a new lawsuit on Monday.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Those individuals experienced up to an 8 percent additional drop in kidney function each year compared with those living in temperate climates.—
Nora Bradford,
Scientific American,
29 July 2025
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The list includes places like Malta, a five-island nation with terrific beaches, a temperate climate and low crime, and Belize, the only Central American country with English as its official language.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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But the effect is the absolute least at the marginal rate, and the least in general when the cuts are in rates of a progressive tax system.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The company aims to reduce emissions from a 2019 baseline by 2030 through its Science Based Targets initiative, including a 46% reduction in absolute emissions.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Getting feedback early and rebuilding small chunks is 100 times better than rebuilding a whole product for years.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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So Trump’s rotten character is now a problem for our whole economy.—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Teetotal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teetotal. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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