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as in waiving
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as in losing
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Major food delivery app DoorDash is waiving delivery and service fees on 300,000 grocery orders for SNAP recipients (a SNAP/EBT card must be linked to the customer’s account to activate this offer).—
Ronny Maye,
Essence,
31 Oct. 2025 -
Starting this fall, China is also waiving tuition fees for children in their last year of kindergarten.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
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Its share price collapsed a few months after going public, losing a third of its value since the start of the year before Monday's news.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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Opening a business with 2% margins in a city that already gets top scores for equitable access to groceries sounds like a losing proposition.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Every prosecution and sentence like this one moves us a step closer to deterring criminals from committing these crimes and protecting others from a similar fate.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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China, Indonesia, and other Asian countries are committing to massive increases in solar and wind adoption, and renewable energy lobbyists will be present in force in Brazil to make their case to government officials there.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Wang Jingtao, a deputy director of China’s Cyberspace Administration, said the deal could include methods such as entrusting the operation of TikTok’s US user data and content security services, as well as licensing its algorithms and intellectual property rights.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
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This requires strategically deciding what to delegate, creating a detailed plan, and entrusting a reliable assistant.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The revelations about the emails led to both Andrew and Sarah renouncing their Duke and Duchess of York titles in the past two weeks.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
28 Oct. 2025
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Tallis continued to have a successful career after the Reformation, despite never renouncing his Catholic faith.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Forfeiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forfeiting. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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