passed up
Example Sentences
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It is symbolic of your enterprising younger self, and all of those fancy cars and five-star vacations that you passed up on, perhaps using that money as a down payment on your next property instead.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
Lorient extended their unbeaten run in the league to eight games with a 2-0 win at Rennes, who passed up the opportunity to move into Champions League places.
From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026
Sanberg never passed up an opportunity to tell others about growing up, as he once said on MSNBC, in a “in a paycheck-to-paycheck household.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
He passed up shots to unselfishly force the ball into traffic.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025
He passed up the gallery very softly, unclosed the staircase door with as little noise as possible, shut it after him, and the last ray vanished.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
