eschewed

• “The short corridor in which I was placed was known as the "Bull Pen" -- a phrase eschewed by the doctors.”

  A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography

• “Peter Nicholas of The Los Angeles Times notes, as others have, that Mr. Obama’s flag pin, once eschewed, is now a staple.”

  The Early Word: Pie in the Big Sky? - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com

• “The short corridor in which I was placed was known as the “Bull Pen” ” a phrase eschewed by the doctors.”

  A Mind That Found Itself

• “After the one-two punch of Hoffman and Skórzewski's films, most of the other "black series" titles eschewed shock tactics in favour of subtler commentary and analysis.”

  DVD Times

• “Labor-saving technology was generally eschewed for more “authentic” means of production.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Renegade History of the United States

• “Long regarded as one of Europe's most eligible bachelors and reputed for his string of romances with some of the world's most beautiful women, 53-year-old Albert long eschewed marriage.”

  The Huffington Post: Prince Albert Charlene Wittstock Married In Civil Ceremony (PHOTOS)

• “To make the process simple, manufacturers eschewed browsers, keyboards, and cursors.”

  Shopping guide: Internet-enabled TV

• “The U.S. has eschewed this approach, sacrificed on the almighty altar of “consumer choice”, making do instead with the byzantine CAFE or corporate average fuel economy.”

  Wonk Room » Rising Oil Prices Threaten Billions In Worldwide Stimulus

• “Flight, an instantaneous reaction, had been eschewed by nonaction.”

  Simon & Schuster: Shortcut Man

• “I shrunk my social circle to include only those I most trusted, traveled with my brother to London to “start again,” refused to drink so much as a glass of wine—imagining that it was important to fully feel my loss at every moment—and eschewed all romantic encounters.”

  Simon & Schuster: Live and Let Love

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