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Dilay1985 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Absolution from

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What does "trump absolution from..." mean in the sentence below?

Thus mythology and whim guide the choices of many people.
For Alissa Kaplan Michaels, a public relations consultant in New York, childhood impressions trump absolution from the United States Food and Drug Administration.

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childhood impressions trump absolution from the United States Food and Drug Administration = childhood impressions (of a food or drug) are stronger and more convincing than USFDA approval (of a food or drug).

  • childhood impressions trump absolution from the United States Food and Drug Administration = childhood impressions (of a food or drug) are stronger and more convincing than USFDA approval (of a food or drug).
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childhood impressions trump absolution from the United States Food and Drug Administration = childhood impressions (of a food or drug) are stronger and more convincing than USFDA approval (of a food or drug).

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