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forgo

[fawr-goh] / fɔrˈgoʊ /


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In today’s world of news apps and social media, it’s easy to forgo the influence newspapers like La Opinión had.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

That’s not to say that Google will forgo its Gemini ambitions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

It seems unlikely that the coiffed and polished Harp would freely choose to forgo a real suitcase in order to carry an oversized sack like a disorganized college kid.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Even if your host seems to have it all, that isn’t a reason to forgo bringing a gift.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

After fifteen seconds of hunting for socks in the armoire, I decided to forgo them entirely.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Plus, an investor parking money in this fund forgoes today’s high interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Typically wearing a traditional Caribbean shirt, Cepeda forgoes a tie, which he considers a symbol of oligarchy.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

In Guillermo Cienfuegos’ enlivening, if at times unsteady, production at A Noise Within, the role is played by Ann Noble, who forgoes the outdated hunchback but adopts a seething, slithering, perversely seductive aura of menace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

"Jedha, Kyber, Erso," the last ever episode of “Andor,” forgoes conventional finality to bridge the series with the movie that inspired it, 2016’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”

From Salon ● May 17, 2025

She forgoes all of the usual motel thrills, like unwrapping the soaps and hunting for the Bible.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Petrobras said the war significantly affected its export markets, as Asian buyers received Russian crude that European and North American buyers forwent.

From Reuters ● Jul. 28, 2022

But last year, the company forwent a single choice and instead highlighted the pandemic’s sudden and pervasive influence on the language more broadly.

From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2021

The reaction back home forwent most of the five stages of grief and focused simply on the anger.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2020

Family Vacation’s first season revolved around the impending fatherhood of Ronnie—whose ex-girlfriend Sammi “Sweetheart” forwent the reboot all together: She was in a “better place.”

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2018

I forwent Supper and walked by the shore of the Charles until I could see Boston.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

The corporate move could cost Washington state up to $750 million in forgone tax revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

The forgone wages and benefits of these retirees add up to an estimated $201 billion annually and the loss of payroll contributions represents a $356 million hit to federal tax revenue, Implan estimates.

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

The prosecution added that it was not a forgone conclusion the defendants would be deported following these convictions.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Any forgone tax revenues now would affect our own government, which builds our roads and pays for our defense, education, etc.

From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2025

Couldn’t he have forgone a weekend in Vegas?

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

He grew the company for 21 years, at times forgoing retirement-saving to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Frustrated homeowners are responding in two major ways: forgoing insurance, or opting for higher deductibles.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

The Energy Department agreed to formal stipulations in exchange for the plaintiffs forgoing the discovery process, which likely would have meant officials would be deposed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Are they buying fewer types of green ingredients in particular or just forgoing certain places and brands altogether?

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

Afraid to get out of bed, he sent the barber away, forgoing his morning shave.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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