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Recent Examples of teetotalism
Drink makers are also facing an existential threat from a growing tide of teetotalism, especially from Gen Z drinkers.
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Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 30 Jan. 2024
Among Cogswell’s obsessions was teetotalism.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022
Colorado Off-Slope Experience Even though Utah has a reputation for tilting toward teetotalism, this battle isn’t a walkover for Colorado.
—Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
For the past few years, Americans have increasingly dabbled with teetotalism.
—Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 25 Jan. 2020
Perhaps a sequel might suggest that Adolf Hitler’s teetotalism put him in a tetchy mood; a relaxing glass of schnapps might have kept him out of Poland.
—New York Times, 30 May 2018
Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 30 Jan. 2024
Among Cogswell’s obsessions was teetotalism.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022
Colorado Off-Slope Experience Even though Utah has a reputation for tilting toward teetotalism, this battle isn’t a walkover for Colorado.
—Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
For the past few years, Americans have increasingly dabbled with teetotalism.
—Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 25 Jan. 2020
Perhaps a sequel might suggest that Adolf Hitler’s teetotalism put him in a tetchy mood; a relaxing glass of schnapps might have kept him out of Poland.
—New York Times, 30 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teetotalism
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Sources also detailed how Tait had allegedly long abused drugs and alcohol, despite years of encouraging sobriety and abstinence in his music.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 June 2025
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The six books below describe other forms of abundance found, counterintuitively, through abstinence.—
Melissa Febos,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2025
Noun
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My husband spent about 10 years in the throes of an addiction to street drugs, with periods of sobriety sometimes lasting more than eight months.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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Dane, too, has been open about his journey to sobriety over the years.—
Lauren Huff Published,
EW.com,
24 June 2025
Noun
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These vehicles need to predict movement patterns, navigate road infrastructure and, ironically, understand human irrationality with perfect rationality.—
Alexandre de Vigan,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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When faced with a choice between rationality and humanity, remember: Contracts expire.—
Victoria Vitchenco,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Noun
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There were three separate votes for this, making this recommendation for children, pregnant women, and all adults each, but all with the same outcome: five 'yes' votes, one 'no' vote (Meissner), and one abstention from anti-vaccine activist and nurse Vicky Pebsworth.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2025
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The panel voted 5-1, with one abstention, that people ages 6 months and older get a flu vaccination this fall only using single-dose formulas that are thimerosal-free.—
Lauran Neergaard,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
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The feats, the ecstasies, the prostrations and abnegations.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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The explicit and quasi-religious abnegation of the right to violent self-defense put the national committee at odds with one of its key allies during the Saturday march: Black Lives Matter.—
Samantha Eyler,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2017
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“Teetotalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teetotalism. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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