1
as in stain
a mark of guilt or disgrace
hoping to avoid the onus of failure by lowering expectations ahead of time
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as in blame
responsibility for wrongdoing or failure
he perpetually tries to shift the onus for any mistakes onto other team members
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Recent Examples of onus
This law is really aimed at making normative change, that the onus should fall on platforms.
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Bobby Allyn, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, former Virginia coach Tony Bennett, who abruptly resigned two-and-a-half weeks before the start of this current college basketball season, squarely put the onus on himself.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Macdonald could see things that way and feel the onus should be on the front office to supply them with better players to get a more accurate assessment of Grubb, Huff and assistant O-line coach Brendan Nugent.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
The onus will be on organizations to prioritize their data infrastructure to unlock the full potential of multimodal AI.
—Ulrik Stig Hansen, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Bobby Allyn, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, former Virginia coach Tony Bennett, who abruptly resigned two-and-a-half weeks before the start of this current college basketball season, squarely put the onus on himself.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Macdonald could see things that way and feel the onus should be on the front office to supply them with better players to get a more accurate assessment of Grubb, Huff and assistant O-line coach Brendan Nugent.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
The onus will be on organizations to prioritize their data infrastructure to unlock the full potential of multimodal AI.
—Ulrik Stig Hansen, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for onus
Noun
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Allow it to air-dry and repeat until the stain is gone.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
22 Jan. 2025
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The dining table, dotted with water stains, remained.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Manchester City were 4-2 down and some of the blame could be put on Keating for almost all of the goals City conceded.—
Jessy Parker Humphreys,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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The arrests raised questions about whether there is a real attempt to seek justice or a political move underway to deflect the blame for Ukraine's battlefield challenges, which include troop shortages and problems with mobilization.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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Unlike carbohydrates and fat—the other two macronutrients—protein doesn’t come with the same kind of cultural stigma.—
Kari Sonde,
TIME,
13 Jan. 2025
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The music video may cause initial backlash among those concerned about propagating mental health stigmas by featuring images of a person in a straitjacket.—
Ingrid Fajardo,
Billboard,
10 Jan. 2025
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An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt: A 21-year-old man from Naperville was arrested on a warrant at 7:25 p.m. Jan. 11 in the 800 block of Springhill Circle.—
Steve Metsch,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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Cortland agreed to a consent decree in the case, which will resolve any claims against the company without admission of guilt, according to the Justice Department’s news release.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Jan. 2025
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Such stories also give permission to new forms, while protecting designs from too strong a taint of faddishness, or of strenuous icon-making.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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While Weiss had rejected any taint of politics in his approach, the investigation was the subject of much congressional scrutiny.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
13 Jan. 2025
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Unfair to ex-felons One of the worst blots on Bondi’s résumé was one of her first acts as attorney general.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Jan. 2025
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Red Wine or Dark-Colored Food Stains As quickly as possible, lift away any solids and blot, blot, blot away the moisture.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2024
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There is a whole world outside the shame a man brings upon a woman, a world far from that.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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There’s a lot of shame that comes with that, and there is a concern that she won’t be accepted by her friends.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Onus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/onus. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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