forfeited
Example Sentences
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Major media outlets declined to follow the new policy and forfeited their press badges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Pakistan were adjudged to have forfeited the match after refusing to play after tea on the fourth day, the only instance in Test history when a team has forfeited a Test.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
A government that will chase its own citizens for taxes incurred in 1999 has forfeited any argument that 1938 is too long ago to matter.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
In dissent, Justice Neil Gorsuch, a Trump appointee, said the Mississippi state courts had concluded that Pitchford’s trial team had forfeited a portion of their argument about racially discriminatory jury selection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
If he fell, he forfeited his chance at winning a tree.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
