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reprieving

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verb

present participle of reprieve
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Adjective
  • For many, super-commuting is about priorities.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • President Bill Clinton came under fire for pardoning former hedge-fund manager Marc Rich, and President Joe Biden was roundly criticized for pardoning his son, Hunter, as well as preemptively pardoning other family members.
    Ryan Lucas, NPR, 13 May 2026
  • The Democrats have signaled that they are united in opposition to any talk of pardoning Maxwell.
    Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Customers paid admission to destroy objects, and the experience became one where people could balance physically breaking things with mentally relieving stress.
    Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
  • An ability to track stress based on quantitative measurements could empower people to take stress-relieving actions with direct benefits to their health.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • In delivering this critique against the state of the country, Lear spared few targets, and even soap operas were fair game.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • State Judge Gregory Carro’s ruling effectively rejected the defense team’s argument that those items were seized illegally, delivering a partial victory to prosecutors.
    Adam Reiss, NBC news, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • Grok’s instructions on Github, for instance, list several safety considerations including not assisting users asking about violent crimes.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 May 2026
  • The Minnesota State Fire Marshal is assisting in the investigation into what caused the fire.
    Riley Moser, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Additionally, this decision meant Microsoft could not be held liable for allegedly aiding and abetting OpenAI.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026
  • Musk also accused Microsoft of aiding and abetting the trust breach.
    Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • Within hours of Ben-Gvir releasing the videos, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands had summoned Israel’s ambassadors to seek an explanation for the treatment of their citizens.
    Nick Duffy, NBC news, 20 May 2026
  • Levi’s went on a prolific streak of collaborations by releasing three collections with Nike and Jordan Brand from last July through January, and during that time and onward denim has been popping up on loads more in-line releases under the Nike umbrella.
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • Listen Technologies is helping venues deploy Auracast transmitters as Samsung Electronics and Google advance compatibility across smartphones, earbuds, televisions, and consumer audio ecosystems already used by millions of people every day.
    Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • An easy place to see all the latest numbers, Earnings & Insights is sortable by company, category and quarter, helping executives keep up with their rivals and investors scope out their next investment.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
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“Reprieving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprieving. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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