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The phrase "abstaining from the use of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of refraining from using something, often in a formal or academic context.
Example: "The researchers are abstaining from the use of any artificial additives in their experiments to ensure the purity of the results."
Alternatives: "refraining from using" or "avoiding the use of".
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Abstaining from the use of non-seasonal vegetables means that I can focus on the best products at a given time of year – root veg such as beetroot in winter, the summer's bright tomatoes, or autumnal apples.
Woolman maintained a strict manner of life, making his trips on foot whenever possible, wearing undyed garments, and abstaining from the use of any product connected with the slave trade.
Both were living at a boarding house run on the diet principles of Sylvester Graham, eschewing meat, alcohol, coffee, tea, and spices, as well as abstaining from the use of tobacco and intoxicants.
However, according to GPs and nurses, the main barrier to the use of home care concerns communication problems, while relatives cited the preference for family care as the main reason for abstaining from the use of home care.
Perhaps audiences do require being alerted to when an artistically-minded director such as Bigelow is largely abstaining from the use of standard cinematic techniques to manipulate us emotionally.
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Second, it generates costs when it induces organizations to abstain from the use of (otherwise effective) controls because such controls increase the risk of undermining employee creativity.
Many states require patients to abstain from the use of alcohol or illicit drugs for up to a year before treatment.
Providing sensible migration policies does not only fulfil the state's duties to abstain from the use of torture or inhuman and degrading treatment but also combats the practice of human trafficking and modern-day slavery.
A panel of seven untrained assessors were briefed to abstain from the use of scented products and from eating 30 min prior to the experiment, and to reveal any circumstances that might affect their sense of smell, such as a cold.
10 9] So true is it, that such as shall have ministered in the Church, being not sober, shall 'die.' Thus, too, in recent times He upbraids Israel: 'And ye used to give my sanctified ones wine to drink.' [Amos 2 12]" Origen (died 253) "abstained from the use of wine, and of all other things beyond his necessary food".
He continued to abstain from the use of varenicline.
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