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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
Noun
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Well, abstinence is always an option (albeit an impractical one).—
Zahra Thompson,
SELF,
2 July 2025
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Studies show people with high novelty-seeking scores are more likely to start substance use and more likely to relapse after abstinence.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Yager failed a sobriety test and urinated on himself, according to the incident report.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Aug. 2025
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Torres was unable to perform the other standardized field sobriety tests due to his medical condition, the warrant affidavit said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The most worrisome aspect is that striking first in these circumstances has an element of rationality.—
Robert A. Pape,
Chicago Tribune,
20 July 2025
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Enhancing Human Rationality Computational thinking is, at its core, an enhancement of human rationality.—
Nino Letteriello,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
Noun
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The vote happened at the July 9 Sumner County Library Board meeting, where the measure failed with four in favor, two opposed and two abstentions.—
Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
14 July 2025
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The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act passed the cloture vote by a margin 66 to 32 on Monday, with two abstentions.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
Noun
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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 21 Aug. 2025.
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