sparing
Example Sentences
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Agency for International Development while sparing the Pentagon significant cuts.
From Salon
If this process is caught in time, RA may be prevented before joint damage begins -- potentially sparing patients years of pain and disability.
From Science Daily
I was not sparing any horses during a recent 350-mile tour of eastern North Carolina and I was seeing efficiencies that penciled out to more than 300 miles between charges.
Richard M. Nixon was pardoned by his successor, Gerald R. Ford, a month after resigning, sparing him any prosecution in the Watergate scandal.
From New York Times
Though somewhat gruesome, the process allows the animal to die faster, sparing unnecessary suffering.
From New York Times
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