waivers

plural of waiver
as in exemptions
a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilege before the hospital will treat you, you have to sign a waiver in which you give up your right to sue

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Recent Examples of waivers That leaves management to decide which of Ty Emberson or Troy Stecher to expose to waivers (or trade). Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 Woods has served as a backup this season since being claimed off waivers from the Rams. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025 Boeheim will now head to waivers, where he can be claimed by another team. Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025 Major airlines are offering travel waivers for affected cities, allowing passengers to rebook without a change fee. Eve Chen, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025 In a letter to Muhammad Aurangzeb, the federal finance minister, last month, the organization called for interest-free government loans, electricity bill waivers, fertilizer subsidies and sales tax exemptions on domestic cotton to aid with recovery. Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2025 The waivers allowed millions of seniors, among others, to have virtual appointments for tasks like prescription refills to wellness visits. Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025 The wideout has been claimed off of waivers by the Houston Texans on Monday according to ESPN NFL insider Ian Rapoport. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024 Shore has already cleared waivers, while Jones would need waivers to get back to Iowa. Michael Russo, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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releases
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  • This study presents boron isotopes as in situ tracers for studying glass dissolution mechanisms, assisting in predicting contaminant releases during waste glass-aqueous solution interactions.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • And Netflix doesn’t do theatrical releases.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025

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