given away
Example Sentences
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Enquiries have proven otherwise, indicating that South Korean children in orphanages were given away for adoption without their families' consent.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Some of it is given away, “and some we pay to have responsibly processed.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026
Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, has given away billions to causes from higher education to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, often with no strings attached.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
A vast stockpile of potatoes is being given away for free in Germany, after a farm in Saxony benefited from a bumper harvest.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
“We will return to you all of those Legos that are left. Some of them have been given away already.”
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
