unredeemed

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Recent Examples of unredeemed Furthermore, industry estimates reveal hundreds of billions in unredeemed loyalty points globally, a stark testament to illiquid loyalty currencies and program inefficiencies. Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025 The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative retains unredeemed deposits, which topped $30 million in 2019, according to a 2020 state audit of the bottle bill. Claire Rush, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025 In return, On Me earns affiliate revenue from dollars spent at stores, rather than relying on unredeemed balances. Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024 As comptroller, in response to demands by the World Jewish Congress and other groups, Mr. Hevesi used his power over city pension fund investments to help force Swiss banks to indemnify heirs of Holocaust victims for their unredeemed Nazi-era bank balances. Sam Roberts, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for unredeemed
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Adjective
  • Artificial intelligence, deepfakes, digital scanning, online marketplaces, and data breaches mean that once images leave secure custody, the harm is irreversible.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Joanie Sprague and Danielle Evans were both sent to the dentist as part of the makeover portion of the season, which usually focused more on the contestants' haircuts and color rather than irreversible cosmetic changes.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Joseph Hatley, an attorney representing Leavenworth, said the city succeeded in demonstrating that allowing CoreCivic to reopen without a permit would have caused irreparable harm.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The Rose Bowl is seeking to enforce terms of a lease that runs through 2044, arguing taxpayers are backing costly renovations at UCLA’s request and the Bruins’ departure would cause irreparable harm.
    Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Leviticus has the sturdy nerve and conviction to plainly state that sometimes home and family are irredeemable and worth abandoning.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Given the main character’s irredeemable personality traits and offensive humor, Sedaris doesn’t think Jerri would fit into today’s landscape.
    Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • This dreamscape of the island, like that of the jungle, illuminates in children’s literature a sense of utopia and longing about childhood as a not-quite-place, situated in an irretrievable past-yet-future, while at the same time rooted in an anti-utopian logic of adulthood.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Alcaraz broke the Italian twice, winning the set with an incredible backhand flick from what looked like an irretrievable position and cupping his ear.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025

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“Unredeemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unredeemed. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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