Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for demitted
Verb
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The House District 70 seat is vacant after Carlton Wing, R-North Little Rock, resigned to become executive director of Arkansas PBS.—
Ella McCarthy,
Arkansas Online,
31 Oct. 2025 -
As the regulatory approval for the Skydance-Paramount merger was pending earlier this year, 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens resigned, saying he was no longer allowed to make independent decisions about the show.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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TikTok has repeatedly denied these claims.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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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
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To make room for Ferrell on the practice squad, rookie guard Drew Moss was waived.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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Unlike formal speeches or parliamentary votes, a podcast answer can be easily downplayed or disowned.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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Georgia Tech led 17-14 before the Wolfpack’s Cody Hardy scored his second touchdown of the first half, and NC State (5-4, 2-3) never relinquished the lead from there.—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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His ex-wife reverted to her maiden name earlier this month when Andrew relinquished the use of his royal titles, including Duke of York.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
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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
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The last time this protocol was used was when Edward VIII abdicated in 1936.—
Max Foster,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Traditional media often abdicated those communities.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Demitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demitted. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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