demitted

past tense of demit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for demitted
Verb
  • After Washington Post editorial opinion page editor David Shipley resigned following Bezos’ decision, the paper in June appointed Adam O’Neal, a former correspondent for the Economist and an opinion writer for the Wall Street Journal, as opinion editor.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Brady Stewart, the CEO of Bay FC and the first public hire in the history of the women’s professional soccer team, has resigned, the team announced Friday.
    Laurence Miedema, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • TikTok has repeatedly denied these claims.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Harrington said that if historic status is denied, the company is prepared to move forward with its redevelopment plans under the existing standards.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To make room for Ferrell on the practice squad, rookie guard Drew Moss was waived.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Anthony eventually waived his no-trade clause to join the Oklahoma City Thunder three months after Jackson left the Knicks.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After years of friendship, Fergie — as the Duchess of York is popularly known — publicly disowned the billionaire in a 2011 interview.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike formal speeches or parliamentary votes, a podcast answer can be easily downplayed or disowned.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This week in politics In the hours and days after a Politco exposé revealed the chair and vice chair of the Kansas Young Republicans sent bigoted messages in a group chat with members from three other states, Kansas GOP officials emphatically disavowed the hateful and violent rhetoric.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The behind-the-scenes drama of this comedy-horror film sounds a lot more stressful and tense than anything in the film (multiple actors hated the material, played hooky from set, and disavowed the final product).
    Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Prior to his takeover, the sister pageants suffered some shakeups, most notably after the 2023 adult and junior winners, Miss USA Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastav, relinquished their titles.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The company also relinquished its cloud exclusivity with OpenAI, a concession on its part, but announced OpenAI has contracted to purchase an incremental $250 billion in Azure services.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Royalist émigrés began to trickle back into the country in 1795, and a number of Jacobins who renounced their earlier radicalism were also reintegrated into civil society.
    Time, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Takaichi has called for a hardline stance towards China and is also in favor of revising Japan’s pacifist constitution, especially Article 9, which renounced Japan’s right to wage war.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Traditional media often abdicated those communities.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The last time this protocol was used was when Edward VIII abdicated in 1936.
    Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Demitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demitted. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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