as in abnegation
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Recent Examples of abstention
By the numbers: Increases in abstention, which is considered no use within the previous 30 days, were statistically significant among 12th and 10th graders.
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April Rubin, Axios, 30 Dec. 2024
The California Public Utilities Commission voted 4 to 0, with one abstention, in favor of a plan first pitched Nov. 13 to develop a process to wind down the storage facility as demand for natural gas falls — as is expected in the coming years.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Most commissioners of the Toll Authority, who are also members of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, approved the resolution, with just one abstention from Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024
All 300 assembly members cast their votes for the impeachment bill on Saturday as the bill passed with a total of 204 votes for impeachment, 85 against, 3 abstentions and 8 invalid votes.
—Joohee Cho, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2024
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April Rubin, Axios, 30 Dec. 2024
The California Public Utilities Commission voted 4 to 0, with one abstention, in favor of a plan first pitched Nov. 13 to develop a process to wind down the storage facility as demand for natural gas falls — as is expected in the coming years.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Most commissioners of the Toll Authority, who are also members of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, approved the resolution, with just one abstention from Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024
All 300 assembly members cast their votes for the impeachment bill on Saturday as the bill passed with a total of 204 votes for impeachment, 85 against, 3 abstentions and 8 invalid votes.
—Joohee Cho, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abstention
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
Noun
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That includes traffic collision avoidance systems, ground proximity warning systems, advanced weather radars, along with a multitude of other systems that are constantly being refined, Doyle explained.—
Cathy Cassata,
Health,
4 Mar. 2025
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Tuas port's fleet currently includes more than 200 of these AGVs, which use RFID to communicate with underground transponders and share their location in real-time for precise positioning and collision avoidance.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Mar. 2025
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Hong again employs the long table-time takes that have witnessed the mortification of so many drunken characters, this time skewering Donghwa.—
Nicolas Rapold,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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Whetstone said the power was with the poster and encouraged her mother to be remorseful, express mortification with her actions and work to make amends.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The bout of asceticism didn’t deter her from finishing a quarter of the album, however.—
Arimeta Diop,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
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Louise tells tales of drunkenness, asceticism, death.—
Hervé Guibert,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Nov. 2024
Noun
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But the forbearance period doesn’t count toward student loan forgiveness for IDR plans or for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, or PSLF.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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While the legal challenges against SAVE were playing out, the Biden administration put enrollees into an interest-free forbearance.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But the biblical term for self-denial – inui – has another meaning.—
Rabbi Avi Weiss,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Oct. 2024
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The Ford Focus Electric, with its appealing, Euro-hatchback lines, lacks the frumpy feel of self-denial often associated with electric cars.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Mar. 2012
Noun
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Their reasons seem to be more about frugality and security than fear of technology failures.—
Larry Light,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Rattigan says that frugality and a commitment to lean operations help to keep tuition costs low.—
Kerry McDonald,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Everyone will be tested and, as the stakes rise, the betrayals, sacrifices and conflicting agendas will become profound.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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While most old soldiers, like Karl Malden's superb, empathetic Gen. Omar Bradley, absorb the senseless loss of life of war with regret and resolve that the sacrifice was necessary, Scott's Patton reveals the darker side of humanity that craves conflict, that lives for it.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Abstention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstention. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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