forfeiting

Example Sentences

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“Typically, the immediate consequence is forfeiting the earnest money deposit you put down,” Will McSeveney says.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

Operators needed either individual waivers, or employees manning each device, forfeiting any cost savings on labor compared with using delivery drivers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 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