as in relinquishing
to give up (as a position of authority) formally
the revolutionary government forced Nicholas II to abdicate the Russian throne
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For the Thunder to turn a defensive liability into one of the best defenders in all of basketball, without relinquishing a single draft pick, has to go down as one of the biggest steals of the 2024-2025 NBA season.—
Morten Stig Jensen,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024 -
There’s that relinquishing control of the messaging, though!—
Mikey O'Connell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Dec. 2024
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Without Yoon resigning, the opposition party worked to enact impeachment proceedings against the president.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
3 Jan. 2025
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Shortly before resigning, Tavares announced Stellantis would lay off 1,100 Ohio Jeep plant employees, a move that has since been rolled back by the company.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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“Abdicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abdicating. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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