forfeited
Example Sentences
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The game’s brightest young superstar forfeited future earnings to keep his team intact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
In the aftermath of his conviction he asked to be removed from the Privy Council and for his knighthood to be forfeited.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
It was later confirmed that Menzies was cleared by medics backstage but was unable to return to the stage to continue, and so forfeited the match.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Although I forfeited my membership in the Partnered People club, I became a member of another, equally nonexclusive-but-far-less-touted club, the Happily Divorced Women.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Maybe her mom realized that she'd pretty much forfeited the right to ask questions for all eternity when she dumped Eleanor at somebody's house for a year.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
