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United Airlines announced in July that it would offer a new Economy Plus option that allows customers to forgo having a passenger in the dreaded middle seat.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Fielder, the film’s ringmaster, has no choice but to forgo conventional documentary tactics and seek detours.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

In the end, a title card reveals that Evans decided to forgo compensation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

It added: "The IDF does not shorten or forgo examination or investigative procedures in order to meet external timelines."

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

In some families the oldest child would forgo college in order to work so that a younger child could continue his or her education.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

The world needs more defiant activists like Heumann, a woman who forgoes politeness for righteous anger at an indifferent world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

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

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

The Polestar 4 forgoes a conventional rearview mirror—or a rear window, period—and instead uses a video display and a rear-facing camera.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

“EPiC” wisely forgoes talking heads in favor of keeping the camera’s gaze on Elvis, though the film is narrated with excerpts from a previously unheard interview in which Presley discusses his life and career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

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

Cleveland forwent college, hitting the road soon after his high school graduation in 1999, and emerged as an exciting sideman, passionate about bluegrass’s history and quick-witted, too — “a good hang,” as Gill put it.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

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

“We just didn’t want all that stuff,” said Bridget Rogers, 33, an event planner in Denver who forwent a registry when she got married last fall.

From Washington Post ● May 18, 2022

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

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

Courts also said it was questionable whether the forgone fitness hearing, as his trial lawyer suggested, would have resulted in any action.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025

Couldn’t he have forgone a weekend in Vegas?

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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

It would have also meant the government forgoing a contractual right to sue Damen Navel for damages, the ministry added.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

You are forgoing any increases in the stock market and hedging your bets against a severe downturn in the market.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

For ten days following his father’s death, he and his mother and Sonia eat a mourner’s diet, forgoing meat and fish.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri