Word: eschew
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unfortunately, it is human nature for people to think of their own self-interest first. It is a rare individual indeed who will eschew his or her own concerns in favor of the greater good. The blatantly self-promoting actions of Massachusetts legislative leaders is another example of how such altruism is in critically short supply...
...four years Bush was in New Haven, the campus came to eschew the traditional in favor of the radical...
Clinton is correct to veto the tax break, but Congress seems split on how to work toward compromise. Some would like to see popular parts of the vetoed bill passed individually, while others, looking ahead to the next election, seem to eschew any sort of cooperation...
Doctors and parents commonly believe that children with asthma become overweight because they are forced to eschew exercise due to their medical condition...
Doctors and parents commonly believe that children with asthma become overweight because they are forced to eschew exercise due to their medical condition...