forgo
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You reduce your Social Security benefits by 30% if you claim at 62 and you forgo a roughly 8%-a-year additional increase if you retire at 67, your full retirement age, rather than 70.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
The FDA should forgo the usual human clinical trials in order to bring about this shift, a spokesperson for the alliance said.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
Campbell and colleagues had some participants in a study use ChatGPT to complete a writing assignment, and had some forgo help from the tool.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
Typically, as health-insurance costs rise, healthier people are the most likely to forgo insurance, leaving a sicker, more costly pool of policyholders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
“We must cleanse our spirits for their coming. We must forgo shifgrethor, forbid all acts of vengeance, and unite together without envy as brothers of one Hearth.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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