Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for surrender. Search instead for durchbrennender.
Definitions

surrender

[suh-ren-der] / səˈrɛn dər /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

"We do not know the meaning of surrender... If necessary, we will carry out massive savings. We will be even more thrifty later on."

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Andrew Milgram of Marblegate Asset Management has warned of a potential “doom loop”: Worries about private credit lead retirees to surrender their annuities, forcing more selling of loans that don’t trade, feeding more worry.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

“I am very uncomfortable about people trying to ascribe religious force or a surrender of human judgment to AI models, and think it is a real safety issue,” Altman posted on X a weekend ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

There was a total £1.8m penalty for the "dilapidations" to Royal Lodge, but that has been reduced by the £300,000 Mountbatten-Windsor would have received for an early surrender of his lease.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

But the German High Command was not prepared to surrender the territories in Belgium, France, and Russia occupied by German armies.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

This is equally true whether the suspect immediately surrenders or chooses to flee.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Local media also reported that Koreans are surrendering their life-insurance policies to buy shares, with policy surrenders said to have surged 16% in the last quarter among the top three insurers.

From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026

District Judge Margaret Garnett released Van Dyke while he awaits trial, on conditions including that he surrenders his passport and any firearms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Rather than transcending expectations, “Dangerous Animals” surrenders to them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025

There was no counterbalance to stagnation, to pessimism, to the most abject surrenders to mysticism.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

It says the King has "loaned" Andrew the £1.5m sum, and notes that the former prince formerly surrendered his 75-year lease earlier this week.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Federal authorities say Diamantis fled to Florida, jumped on a boat to the Bahamas, and then flew via London to Athens—likely using a Greek passport he was supposed to have surrendered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Lefty Tanner Scott, whom Roberts plans to use in a fireman role, surrendered a two-run homer to Ozzie Albies in the ninth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

What diners surrendered wasn’t necessarily quality so much as a little hospitality, a little transparency and, increasingly, the expectation that a restaurant represented somebody’s particular idea of what a restaurant should be.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

We’d surrendered to the idea that there was no longer room for impulsiveness and whimsy in our own lives.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Instead of surrendering to sticker shock, people are finding ways to gamify their daily expenses, hunt down hidden perks and even double down on their goals for the future.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The bigger point for Airbnb and other marketplaces is that losing control of customer acquisition could mean surrendering some of their pricing power and margins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

She can become a mother without surrendering her career.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

After surrendering 28 first-half points, JSerra held Bishop Amat, and running back Justin Clinton, who rushed for more than 130 yards, including a 67-yard burst and a 43-yard touchdown, in check in the second half.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Once, in the middle of winter, someone opened a window while she was lecturing and threw ice water on her; instead of surrendering, Stone wrapped a shawl around her shoulders and kept talking.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling


Vocabulary lists containing surrender

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember new words for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com