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Generously, the airline is allowing you to fly somewhere else instead, waiving the change fee. — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, "How Hurricane Florence Will Mess With Your Travel Plans," 13 Sep. 2018 The rescue may waive the fee if the owner faces financial hardship. — Rebekah L. Sanders, azcentral, "Arizona U-Haul billionaire dumps 7 sick rottweilers on dog rescue in Gilbert," 26 June 2018 The Spurs signed him and then waived him in the span of a week. — Ben Cohen, WSJ, "The Raptors Traded for One Most Valuable Player and Got Two," 2 Jan. 2019 Jun Michael Park for Vox Update: After this story was published on June 28, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital agreed to waive the $15,666 trauma response fee charged for Park Jeong-whan’s visit to the hospital. — Jenny Gold, Vox, "A baby was treated with a nap and a bottle of formula. His parents received an $18,000 bill.," 20 July 2018 The Magic invited him to training camp but waived him in October before Lakeland added him. — Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, "Troy Caupain fills another NBA Summer League stat sheet for Orlando Magic," 13 July 2018 Based on the reported size of the buyout Dwight Howard agreed to with the Brooklyn Nets, the Charlotte Hornets’ decision to trade Howard, rather than waive him, looked additionally questionable Saturday. — Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, "If Dwight Howard accepted a $5 million buyout, did Charlotte Hornets make right move?," 7 July 2018 Sportando reported the former Indiana Pacers center and 14-year NBA veteran signed a deal with the CBA squad after the Pacers waived him earlier this month. — Jordan Guskey, Indianapolis Star, "Al Jefferson reportedly to play in China with CBA's Xinjiang Flying Tigers," 7 July 2018 The Thunder will look to either trade the 34-year-old or waive him and use the stretch provision, which would allow the team to spread out his payments over the next three years and save up to $94 million in taxes. — Charles Curtis, For The Win, "Where should Carmelo Anthony go next?," 6 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'waive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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