How to Use (the right of) first refusal in a Sentence

(the right of) first refusal

phrase

• For the most expensive items stores what’s get right of first refusal and no more.
  — Katie Baron, Forbes, 27 June 2022
• In the case of a potential sale, the other friend would have the right of first refusal.
  — Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
• The bank would have the right of first refusal but would have no obligation to put the mortgage loans on its books.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Jan. 2022
• Tenants will get right of first refusal to purchase properties that go up for sale in the area.
  — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2020
• Any right of first refusal clause was news to Village officials.
  — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2023
• When Gawa's landlord announced plans to sell, she was offered first refusal.
  — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 29 Sep. 2021
• Current owners have the right of first refusal when a cottage in the co-op becomes available.
  — WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
• Tenants would get right of first refusal to purchase properties that go up for sale in the area, Novara said.
  — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2020
• Exxon is claiming a right of first refusal over Hess' lucrative oil assets in Guyana.
  — Brian Evans,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 10 July 2024
• That team also has the right of first refusal on the 50-year contract to build, finance and operate the lanes.
  — Katherine Shaver, Washington Post, 17 June 2022
• Xcel ultimately gave Denver the first chance to buy the property, known as a right of first refusal.
  — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2025
• And the contract gives Diamond the right of first refusal if the Suns agree to another deal.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
• Mould has offered first refusal of the work to the Louvre Museum in Paris.
  — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2021
• Some cities and counties — including Denver — have passed a similar right of first refusal.
  — Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 31 May 2024
• The team has begun designing the toll lanes at its own expense and will have the right of first refusal on a decades-long deal worth billions to build and operate them.
  — Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022
• The thinking appeared to be that the right of first refusal held some value, even if it was not exercised, which should benefit shareholders.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 20 July 2025
• Netflix also negotiated the right of first refusal to grab any Sony movies that bypass theaters and go straight to streaming.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2021
• That, along with the trustees defeating a lawsuit brought by the estate of team’s prior owner, Edgar Kaiser, over a right of first refusal, helped to pave the way for the sale.
  — Michael McCann, Variety, 10 Sep. 2022
• The big change is that Microsoft now has a right of first refusal on new computing capacity for OpenAI.
  — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025
• Almost all companies have a ROFR (right of first refusal) on any secondary purchase, and often the major investors do as well.
  — Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• Pitt's lawsuit claims that Jolie's business Nouvel owed his company Mondo Bongo the right of first refusal, and the sale infringed on that right.
  — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 8 June 2022
• Pitt's lawsuit claimed that Jolie's business Nouvel owed his company Mondo Bongo the right of first refusal, and the sale infringed on that right.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2022
• In addition, this is the date when qualifying offers to retain the right of first refusal are due on the contracts of two-way players Dru Smith and Isaiah Stevens.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
• Walter has owned a minority share of the Lakers since 2021 and had a right of first refusal to buy the majority share of the franchise, which probably helped bring us all to this point.
  — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
• Under the new deal, A24 has the right of first refusal to develop film and TV projects based on Pushkin’s intellectual property.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 June 2022