How to pronounce abstentions
Listen to abstentions in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“abstentions” in real sentences
831 clips in the index · 68 American · 763 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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Abstentions Duncan-Glancy,
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 161:54 · hear it here
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And then any abstentions?
Census Bureau · watch from 209:12 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of abstentions. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.