as in to waive
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The company is now seeking a 24-month extension, to July 2028, or for the FCC to waive its deadline requiring Amazon to get roughly half of its 3,236 low Earth satellites up.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2026 -
Video on social media showed cars skidding out of control after police waived them around a wreck on Independence Boulevard.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Wave (aside or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wave%20%28aside%20or%20off%29. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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