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
Although there were a few opportunities passed up, when Dempsey cantered over from outside the 22m to score untouched, it was deserved.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025
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
I passed up the street, looking as I went at all the houses to the right hand and to the left; but I could discover no pretext, nor see an inducement to enter any.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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