forgo
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Much of the credit for that stemmed from his recognition of the role of information technology that permitted the economy to grow without generating inflation, which allowed the Fed to forgo interest-rate increases.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Police Commissioner Steve Soboroff through behested-funded nonprofits for his work after the recent fires before public scrutiny pushed him to forgo the funds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Producers growing hay, for example, may decide to reduce or forgo some fertilizer applications, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
Or, they might forgo games entirely and spend time watching short-form content, Gallagher said.
From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026
“I — yes, Professor — but —” Filch looked yearningly up the stairs, right through Harry, who could see that he was very reluctant to forgo the chance of cornering Peeves.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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Typically wearing a traditional Caribbean shirt, Cepeda forgoes a tie, which he considers a symbol of oligarchy.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
It forgoes the sticky glaze in favor of a deep brown gravy that pools and clings.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026
Substrate’s lithography process forgoes what’s known as multi-patterning, or doing repeated exposures on a wafer to make ever-smaller features.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
Apple TV+’s “Sugar,” like “Monsieur Spade,” forgoes the shadow world of black-and-white noir to surround private eye John Sugar in the warm light of Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
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
Some background on how I came into possession of the Mantis Overland: For years, I’ve looked askance at #vanlifers and friends who have forwent traditional camping for tow-along trailers or RVs.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 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
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 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
Kaegi, a former fund manager who has written large checks to his own campaigns, has forgone donations from lawyers or major property owners, as have two of the three members of the Board of Review.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
For starters, “it would be considered well within the standard of care” for Biden to have forgone testing in recent years, given his age, Sandler said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
It was later, after another dinner of plain white rice had been consumed and tea forgone again on account of the drought, after Rasheed had smoked a cigarette, that he told Laila about his decision.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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This reboot stays true to the books’ rich realism without forgoing the warmth of the beloved 1970s series.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
She knew the risks of forgoing pasteurization, but the site eased her concerns: It said the farm tested its milk and had never found a single pathogen.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
By forgoing the front cab, Humble Robotics could face additional regulatory hurdles, said Dan Sperling, founding director emeritus of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
If you put a chunk of your investable wealth into an annuity, you are forgoing any increases in the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
He saw marriage as the loving alignment of two people who could lead parallel lives but without forgoing any independent dreams or ambitions.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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