shuns

verb

present tense third-person singular of shun
as in avoids
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery just a ruse to shun the debt collectors

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Recent Examples of shuns Continue reading … POLITICS HEARTLAND HERO — Patriotic woman fills void after Dem gov shuns America's 250th birthday bash. — FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026 This strategy shuns grand openings, favoring subtle engagement and long-term commitment, guiding future US growth. — Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 Altman is a booster for San Francisco, advising its mayor and expanding OpenAI’s offices here, while Musk shuns the city and now lives in Texas. — David Ingram, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026 Mitski lies on the lawn looking at the girl leaving her, like the witch in Into the Woods when Rapunzel shuns her and then gets promptly trampled by a giant. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026 The unfortunate truth is that the agency has lost its way and shuns innovation. — Ross Marchand, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2026 Vanya is a closeted gay man who shuns intimacy and Sonia is a neurotic spinster who feels unnoticed and unloved. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025 Laugh is the kind of rap mastery that shuns maximalism for pristine, unadorned poetics. — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025 Instead of a tale of entrapment or escape, Ruth is a story about how a woman full of longing can operate inside a collective that shuns the very notion of wanting. — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shuns
  1. avoids
  2. evades
  3. escapes
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  • Resolving the case avoids a trial where Merrill intended to defend its rates as standard among bank sweep programs, arguing that sweep accounts are meant for short-term liquidity rather than long-term investment yield.
    — Chase Jordan October 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The shorter route could significantly reduce transportation costs and also avoids geopolitical chokepoints such as the Strait of Hormuz, Yoo said.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of avoids
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  • Neither of those interpretations would be entirely invalid, exactly, and yet The Basics of Philosophy — ironically enough, given its title — mostly evades any such moral didacticism.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Journalists and negotiators follow up when someone evades the point.
    — Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of evades
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  • At the end, however, Mary escapes the train and is given a second chance to live.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The cost of a homegrown tool, including an error that escapes into production, say on a manufacturing line or in a financial services security breach, is huge.
    — Dan Faulkner, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of escapes

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“Shuns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shuns. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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