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Recent Examples of give back
Fred Imbert, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
These land swaps would see Kyiv surrender a land mass nearly ten times as large as what Russia is prepared to give back.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2025
The city would need to negotiate any giveback, which would likely require concessions on its end.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Paramount Skydance — The media stock lost more than 5%, marking its fourth straight day of losses, as the parent company of CBS continued to give back some of its sharp August gains.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
These land swaps would see Kyiv surrender a land mass nearly ten times as large as what Russia is prepared to give back.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
Unions granted wage and benefit concessions in 2015 and 2011 to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and benefit givebacks in 2009 to Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2025
The city would need to negotiate any giveback, which would likely require concessions on its end.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for give back
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Traditional approaches focus on financial engineering such as negotiating discounts for long-term commitments, or on observability tools that track who is running what.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Fans of the store love its membership discounts, organic and health-conscious ingredients and goods, and prepared foods like sandwiches, burritos and pizza.—
Rose Evans
September 12,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Position yourself as someone who adds value first, and people naturally want to reciprocate.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Iran was supposed to defend its proxies, to reciprocate for their many years of fighting for Iran.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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This is where brokers sell their customers’ trades to market makers for a rebate.—
Anmol Verma,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Kraft has proposed a rent control system that would allow landlords to opt in to receive a real estate tax rebate after 10 years.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The reduction of labor costs via automation, efficiency gains, and increasing digital goods and services would all serve to push prices down.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The survey data reveals that 60% of employees believe their leaders lack empathy during layoffs, while 54% don't trust leadership to handle workforce reductions fairly.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Two days later, Jones wired a kickback of about $25,000 to Gatilin’s personal bank account — then, Jones made a $20,000 payment on his American Express card using the Jackson funds.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors had argued that the Fernandes Anderson kickback was tantamount to an imperfect or unofficial bribe, but that the evidence didn’t allow the government to officially charge her in such a way.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In this case, the deduction begins to decrease once income reaches $150,000 for joint filers ($75,000 for all other taxpayers) and disappears completely once income hits $350,000 for joint filers ($175,000 for all other taxpayers).—
KELLY PHILLIPS ERB,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Workers typically pay for their health insurance premiums through paycheck deductions.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The new location will allow Wiggam Law to support clients outside of downtown Atlanta and directly in Gwinnett County, offering legal services including audit defense, tax litigation, penalty abatement, innocent spouse relief and IRS collections representation.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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As long as there are no other outbreaks, shoppers can expect cooler prices heading into the holiday season in addition to an abatement of egg-buying restrictions at grocery stores.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Give back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/give%20back. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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