Eschew is still current, but it isn't used much – perhaps it's too disdainful, too prideful.
Are people clamoring for Chloe because she eschews being on magazine covers (why bother when The New Yorker already had Jay McInerney profile her as " super-cool girl" six years ago)?
Despite all of Brazil's accomplishments in surging ahead of Venezuela in Latin America, Mr. da Silva has eschewed being labeled a leader in the region.
Despite her status as a member of technology's billionaire club, she eschews being ferried by private jet from her offices in Taipei to Silicon Valley.
Our sportswriting is often as elegant as anything we publish, but I was surprised to see that five of our last 10 "eschews" were in sports contexts, where football teams have been "eschewing" field goals and "eschewing" the safety of the running game.
To eschew something is a very active repudiation, like stalking away from it in a contrary direction.
And no, making a personal decision to eschew vaccines is not benign.
But in the face of failed diplomacy, eschewing force is tantamount to appeasement.
A trailblazer on the training front, McKeever eschewed what was long the conventional wisdom that more mileage is better and tailored her workouts around technique.
Eschewing tattoos is becoming more and more common as Central American governments crack down on gangs with "mano dura," or firm hand, policies, gang experts say.
