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redeem

[ri-deem] / rɪˈdim /




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Meanwhile, he told them their nation was destined to redeem mankind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

It’s everything you see in those influencer videos encouraging you to sign up for a pricey credit card so you can redeem points for the lie-flat life—and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

She added it was "far too soon for him to try and redeem himself".

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

I didn’t realize that optimizing my travel points meant picking up a new hobby: constantly comparing prices on travel portals, which is where you redeem your credit-card points for plane tickets, hotels and experiences.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

They had no tensions, unappeasable longings, no desire to do something to redeem themselves.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

That means that the amount it redeems on June 10 may be less than $30.52 million.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

And so the evening concludes with an explosion of emotion that redeems its flaws, and sends us reeling, shaken, into the night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

Under these arrangements, companies or brokers buy forest land to preserve it, so that by absorbing carbon from the atmosphere the land redeems or "offsets" the planet-warming emissions produced by firms' other activities.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

“Shadow Ticket’s” structure turns the current film adaptation of “Vineland” inside out — that would be “One Battle After Another,” whose thrilling middle more than redeems an only slightly off-key beginning and end.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

Invariably she introduces some character, trait or observation that redeems even a dull tale from condemnation.

From Maria Edgeworth by Helen Zimmern

It begins in vulnerability—a future cold day, redeemed by tonight’s memory—and ends in a plea that the beloved change nothing, prizing acceptance over perfection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

In that way, I feel creatively redeemed on some level, just in my own journey between me, myself and I. But I feel ready to move on from the ‘Blade’ questions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

The famous Buddhist Angulimala Sutta tells a story of a serial killer who is redeemed by the Buddha and becomes a righteous monk.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

Online retailers selling the physical edition have stated that, as with other digital game codes, the one being offered for GTA 6 is single-use and will become invalid after it is redeemed.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

It was too stark, not redeemed, not made real with the reality that was the warm blood of life.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

This only makes sense if it brings demonstrable advantages over the current way of issue, trading and redeeming assets, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

It’s a fun concept—the machine taking on pesky tasks that offer no redeeming mental value—but there’s an important group standing in Big Tech’s way: Big Tech.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

I love to ask authors who write books, with characters who would widely be perceived as unlikable, what do you think are Mallory and Leo’s most redeeming qualities, and how did you empathize with them?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

A foolproof strategy for redeeming credit-card points on flights or hotels?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

The only redeeming facet of Support Group was this kid named Isaac, a long-faced, skinny guy with straight blond hair swept over one eye.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green




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