forfeiting

Example Sentences

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The third major argument against bonds in a 60/40 portfolio is that there are superior ways of reducing risk that don’t require forfeiting as much return.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

If you can manage it, forfeiting $2,000 of income would save you $8,756 on premiums.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

If we kill busywork, we risk forfeiting the epiphanies that sometimes occur while doing easy, repetitive tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

If you only rank one person and they’re eliminated, your vote counts just as it would in a “pick-one” election — but you’re forfeiting the additional power that RCV gives you.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2025

Yet should he admit this and risk forfeiting the one friend who had ever “truly understood” him?

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote