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forfeited

[fawr-fit-id] / ˈfɔr fɪt ɪd /


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Daniel Kokotajlo, who forfeited roughly $2 million in vested equity rather than sign a non-disparagement agreement and stay quiet.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

The Conference League place is forfeited - then when the EPS place is applied, the Europa League place jumps over Liverpool and is given to the team in seventh.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Several organizations declined to sign and their reporters forfeited their press passes but continued to report on the Pentagon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Jordan forfeited games this season for similar reasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Indeed, rather like Michael Jackson in our own time, Mozart’s childhood had been forfeited to make way for a career as a freakishly talented boy prodigy to be touted around an adult world.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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