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  1. Turned Away

    Turned Away is a 1989 debut single by singer/songwriter Chuckii Booker. The single went to number one the Billboard R&B singles chart for one week and peaked at number forty-two on the Hot 100.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of turned away in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of turned away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of turned away in a Sentence

  1. Ria Tabacco Mar:

    No one should walk into a store and have to wonder whether they will be turned away because of who they are, preventing that kind of humiliation and hurt is exactly why we have nondiscrimination laws.

  2. Unknown:

    People who are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful and feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Some psychologists call it a conflict between ego-orientation, or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation... but in all cases, what counts is whether attention is turned away from the task at hand and focused on the self and its future rewards, or whether it is instead trained on the task itself. The latter attitude seems the more fruitful.

  3. Executive Director Rita Sklar:

    We would be happy to talk to anyone who had been turned away because he or she is Muslim or perceived to be Muslim, we would be more than happy to take her to court to get her to do the American, moral thing.

  4. Jim Riches:

    They turn a blind eye and let them in, i know some in full uniform have gotten in and also seen others turned away.

  5. Isaac Asimov:

    Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a lifelong antipathy; they will be in a far worse condition than if they had never been introduced to science at all.

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