forfeited

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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

Although I forfeited my membership in the Partnered People club, I became a member of another, equally nonexclusive-but-far-less-touted club, the Happily Divorced Women.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Uefa rules state that the berth in the lower competition has to be forfeited and passed to another league.

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

That's what I did, forfeited my race, and I knew for a fact he wanted to know why.

From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds