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enlivening, if at times unsteady, production at A Noise Within, the role is played by Ann Noble, who forgoes the outdated hunchback but adopts a seething, slithering, perversely seductive aura of menace.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