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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waving (aside or off)
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Even the City of Marysville is pitching in by waiving permit fees.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
18 June 2026 -
More than half of the places are sponsored, waiving the $7,000 course fee, and the faculty is granted access to one of the nation’s most powerful supercomputers, unveiled in 2023.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
18 June 2026
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Subtle audio tracks the sound of ice on the move, views of clouds passing over glass-like ice, and there's the eventual memorial for Ok.—
Erika Owen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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Eilmer managed to glide a good 600 feet, passing over the city wall before crash-landing in a small valley near the river Avon.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
14 June 2026
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“Waving (aside or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waving%20%28aside%20or%20off%29. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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