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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drive (away or off)
turn away
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Around the same time that the Genetic Studies of Genius started to yield questionable results, our collective attention turned away from IQ toward EQ, when Peter Salovey and John Mayer coined the term emotional intelligence in 1990, and Daniel Goleman popularized it with his 1995 book.—
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Big Think,
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Hassan turned away and stood in front of a closed shop.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Drive (away or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drive%20%28away%20or%20off%29. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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