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Recent Examples of abnegate Her sins are the sins of loving too much and in too self-abnegating a fashion. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023 Abnegating this responsibility is going against the will of the people and we were voted in to protect the interests of the people. Jan Engoren, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abnegate
Verb
  • Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement with one of the subjects’ descendants.
    Leah Willingham, Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2025
  • Despite bipartisan and nearly unequivocal support for Gypsum Canyon in the intervening four years, Agran has refused to relinquish his goal of completing a veterans cemetery in Irvine.
    Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
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  • The handsome and charismatic Lord Edward Fitzgerald, an Anglican son of a duke, renounced his title and commanded the society’s militia.
    Joseph Patrick Kelly, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
  • Saxon is all about getting off, and Piper (Sarah Catherine Hook) is renouncing the materialistic.
    Dory Jackson, People.com, 5 May 2025
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  • Seen for First Time Since Hospitalization King Frederik assumed the throne in January 2024, following Queen Margrethe's decision to abdicate.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 28 May 2025
  • Akihito, who ascended to the throne after his father, Hirohito, died in 1989, became the first Japanese monarch in 200 years to abdicate his post.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
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  • Macron made the remarks as the U.S. is considering withdrawing troops from Europe to shift them to the Indo-Pacific.
    DAVID RISING, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2025
  • President Trump plans to withdraw his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and close associate of Elon Musk’s, who was on track to be the next NASA administrator.
    Jonathan Swan, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 May 2025
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  • Her firing comes after former Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned from her position in 2024 following accusations of academic plagiarism.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
  • The demonstration Tuesday evening in front of Seattle City Hall is expected to call on Harrell to retract his statement, apologize, or resign.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 May 2025
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  • In her announcement, Dhillon said the department would retract accusations made under the Biden administration that the departments violated either Floyd’s or Taylor’s constitutional rights.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • Startling cell phone video shows a first responder on a ladder trying to help victims when the extended top half of the ladder appears to retract as the victim comes tumbling out of the widow.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • At the very least, there’s no denying that Stewart has artistic conviction.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
  • No matter the medium, there’s no denying that art stirs the senses unlike most forms of expression.
    Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • Reversing the recommendation for vaccinating healthy pregnant women thus contradicts the new framework described by the FDA.
    Libby Richards, The Conversation, 29 May 2025
  • Some of the video footage appeared to contradict Kemp's account of the events in question.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025

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“Abnegate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abnegate. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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