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Six example sentences with abstain, each labelled with its topic.
Nine council members voted yes, four voted no, and the chair chose to abstain rather than break the tie.
Politics
Marathon runners abstain from unfamiliar foods in race week, trusting nothing new the day before a start line.
Fitness
Board members who own shares in a bidder must abstain when the committee votes on that bid.
Business
Pyrrhonists abstained from judgment on every question, holding that suspended belief was the road to peace.
Philosophy
During exam week he abstains from the online tournament, logging in only to check the standings.
Gaming
The fund abstains from tobacco shares on principle, whatever returns the sector posts in a given year.
Finance
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- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Magoosh GRE 1000Recognized
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE WordsRecognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- PrepScholar 357 GRE WordsRecognized
- GregMat 960 GRE WordsRecognized
- SparkNotes 1000 SAT WordsRecognized
- MajorTests SAT 1000Recognized
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