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quittances

noun

plural of quittance

as in releases

a freeing from an obligation or responsibility the indentured servant obtained a quittance from his master stating he was free to leave and was no longer required to work

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payment to another for a loss or injury the court awarded the plaintiff a substantial quittance for bodily injury and emotional distress

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Noun

The company also introduced new AI products for developers and advertisers, signaling a broader shift toward charging for its AI capabilities rather than relying primarily on open-source releases.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Datskovska regularly reports on viral fashion releases that touch the worlds of pop culture and sports.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 July 2026

Definition of releases

Noun

As part of his suit, Musk asked for $150 billion in damages that would be destined for a charitable trust and requested OpenAI’s for-profit structure be reversed.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 July 2026
The jury awarded her $3 million in damages and recommended an additional $3 million in punitive damages.

— Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of damages

Noun

This makes operando neutron powder diffraction an invaluable tool for tracking structural changes as a battery actually charges and discharges.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Jones told the jury that gun safety experts will testify to the weapon’s history of false discharges and design problems, claims that the manufacturer, Sig Sauer, has repeatedly denied.

— Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 27 May 2026

Definition of discharges

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Last month, Mottley led a subcommittee of Caribbean leaders that launched a new slavery reparations manifesto during a reparations conference in Ghana.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
The opinion, while not legally binding, stated that countries were legally required to reduce GHG emissions and may have to pay reparations for damages from climate change.

— Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of reparations

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This can help address strength imbalances and movement compensations that, over time, can lead to injury.

— Jenessa Connor, Health, 10 June 2026
Still, Fiedler shows convincingly enough that American writers’ attempts to adapt the seduction narrative to our concerns—to reimagine it so as to preserve our enduring sense of ourselves as innocents—explain our literature’s peculiar aversions and resultant compensations.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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