1
as in to relinquish
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress
a gentleman bandit who graciously asked his victims to render their wallets to his safe possession
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2
as in to reproduce
to make an exact likeness of
rendered Thomas Jefferson's signature for use on an array of gift items
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3
as in to describe
to give a representation or account of in words
the witness convincingly rendered her version of events in just a few words
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Recent Examples of render
Paramedics were called, rendered medical aid and pronounced the man dead at the scene.
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Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
District spokesperson Carolyn Callahan said the flooding has rendered hundreds of JCPS bus stops unsafe and inaccessible, impacting thousands of students who attend more than 60 schools across the district.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Rather than rendering a judgment on the complaint, Carr sent it out for a period of public comment.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 July 2025
Officers began rendering aid to Davis, cutting off his shirt and using tourniquets to stop the bleeding until more help could arrive, Sanders said.
—David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
District spokesperson Carolyn Callahan said the flooding has rendered hundreds of JCPS bus stops unsafe and inaccessible, impacting thousands of students who attend more than 60 schools across the district.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Rather than rendering a judgment on the complaint, Carr sent it out for a period of public comment.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 July 2025
Officers began rendering aid to Davis, cutting off his shirt and using tourniquets to stop the bleeding until more help could arrive, Sanders said.
—David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for render
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While Israel wants to eradicate Hamas following the Oct. 7 attacks, the group has shown little willingness to relinquish its political and military power in Gaza.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
5 July 2025
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Lionsgate spent years developing the project before relinquishing it to UA.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2025
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At the heart of the dispute was whether teams’ imagery can be used without consent to create unlicensed products when those products use historic artistic images, including those in the public domain, reproduced from vintage school memorabilia.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
1 July 2025
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The moisture can create a perfect haven, if bacteria is present, to reproduce when the baked potato cools down while wrapped in foil and hits a temperature of 135 F to 41 F.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
27 June 2025
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These are some of the ways people have described their experience.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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Among the students, what might broadly be described as concern over political correctness simply did not exist.—
Brooke Allen,
New Yorker,
12 July 2025
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Initially, the plant’s staff was overwhelmed, forcing Motorola to briefly backtrack on its promise to deliver phones to customers within four days.—
Verne Kopytoff,
Fortune,
5 July 2025
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If Brown can deliver, the details will be an afterthought buried beneath the memories of a championship parade down the Canyon of Heroes.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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Geraghty told the foundation that Dohn's comprehensive instruction plan for the 2024-25 school year was late because Davenport was the only Dohn employee copied on those reminder emails.—
Madeline Mitchell,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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The Anthropic Case The first decision, issued in June, involved a lawsuit by three book authors, who alleged that Anthropic PBC infringed the authors’ copyrights by copying several of their books (among millions of others) to train its text generative AI system called Claude.—
Dale Nelson,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The latter has portrayed The Waitress — the object of Day's character Charlie Kelly's obsessive, unrequited love — in 37 episodes across 16 seasons of the long-running FX series.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
6 July 2025
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Many analysts portrayed the decision as a victory for Trump, and some Democrats lashed out at the court.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
4 July 2025
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Octavia Graham, 52, surrendered herself to authorities June 30 following a warrant for her arrest.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 July 2025
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However, he’s now surrendered four dingers over seven games since coming off the IL.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
4 July 2025
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Heck, writers have been using cannabis for four hundred years since Shakespeare died, and so far no one has managed to come close to replicating the man’s genius.—
Sam Kelly
July 8,
Literary Hub,
8 July 2025
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The store will replicate the approach and colors of the headquarters in a bold way.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
8 July 2025
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“Render.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/render. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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