renounce

Example Sentences

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“We have decided to renounce offshore wind development in the United States,” said CEO Patrick Pouyanné.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

It will refuse to renounce the right to enrich uranium, as it did before, having proven it can survive.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

MPC pledged to "permanently renounce the use of arms" and "rejoin the political agreement for peace and reconciliation" that it signed in 2019 with 13 other armed groups, Wanzet said.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

She was trapped in a country not her own and hounded by police who were suspicious of her loyalty because she refused to renounce her American citizenship.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

“Work, play—at sixty our powers and tastes are what they were at seventeen. Old men in the bad old days used to renounce, retire, take to religion, spend their time reading, thinking—thinking!”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley