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relinquish

[ri-ling-kwish] / rɪˈlɪŋ kwɪʃ /


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Team-mate Ernest Muci agreed to relinquish the jersey as a gesture of respect for the club's marquee signing.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Still, he plans to relinquish his chief executive role after 25 years and a half century at Comcast.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

Consider George Washington, whose humility and repeated decisions to relinquish power rather than cling to it, became the young republic’s most imperative precedent.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Donahue "will relinquish command on July 2, 2026," Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said in a statement that did not provide a reason for the general's departure after an unusually short 18-month stint in the job.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

They could exert control, or relinquish it to their own unconscious minds.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

If an individual voluntarily relinquishes all future Social Security retirement benefits, why shouldn’t they be allowed to assume that risk themselves?

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

On Thursday, Venezuela's parliament adopted reforms that offer greater guarantees to private players, relinquishes state control of exploration, and lowers taxes.

From Barron's Jan. 30, 2026

An Italian job looks the most likely alternative if Luke Donald relinquishes the European Ryder Cup leadership with Francesco and Edoardo Molinari providing a compelling captaincy combo.

From BBC Jan. 6, 2026

More likely the U.S. aims to signal to Mr. Maduro that his life expectancy will improve if he relinquishes power.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 2, 2025

He holds me while my shoulders shake and the sun relinquishes its last beam, giving way to blackness.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Carvalho ultimately relinquished his right to severance by resigning — while avoiding the possibility of dismissal.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

New York relinquished a bucket of first-round draft picks to land Bridges, who, like Josh Hart, is a former Villanova teammate of Brunson’s, and the ROI had been meh.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

"I have never relinquished my convictions, my freedom of thought or my independence."

From Barron's May 20, 2026

And if Uthmeier prevails, adoptive parents across Florida could find their legal claim to their children suddenly open to challenge, potentially by the very birth parents who relinquished them, or by the state.

From Slate May 13, 2026

First, she finished clearing Luke for adoption, then she started working on getting me relinquished as well.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Root has sparkled since relinquishing the captaincy, averaging over 54 since June 2022 compared to an average of 46.44 in the five years prior and scoring 16 of his 41 Test centuries.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Sony Group has spent billions of dollars on acquisitions in recent years to beef up its entertainment content while relinquishing control of businesses in other areas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

You are putting a lot of trust into and relinquishing a lot of control to your investment manager.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Ukrainian Ambassador to Warsaw Vasyl Bodnar said on Saturday he was relinquishing his Knight's Cross of the Polish Order of Merit, describing Nawrocki's move as a "gesture directed at the entire Ukrainian people".

From Barron's Jun. 20, 2026

Obviously he still could not avoid relinquishing his waiting duties in the dining room, but otherwise the trolley enabled him to accomplish a surprising amount.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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