redeeming
Example Sentences
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In November, the company tried to merge one of its private funds with a publicly-traded one, because so many private investors were redeeming their shares.
From Barron's
But it doesn’t take much to detect the pride he has in his son, whose work may not reliably pay the bills but has brought public recognition and a sense of redeeming purpose.
From Los Angeles Times
Tolkien, a scholar of Old English, studied the “theory of courage” found in poems such as the ancient epic “Beowulf,” redeeming what he called the “noble northern spirit” from the fascists who would pervert it.
Boyhood hustles included delivering advertising fliers to homes, redeeming bottles for money and filling fire extinguishers.
With few restrictions for redeeming the rewards, die-hard shoppers have turned stacking the coupons into a sport.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
