forgo
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At that rate, California would forgo $2.25 billion, Illinois $743 million and Michigan $549 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
In today’s world of news apps and social media, it’s easy to forgo the influence newspapers like La Opinión had.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
It seems unlikely that the coiffed and polished Harp would freely choose to forgo a real suitcase in order to carry an oversized sack like a disorganized college kid.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
The twin takeovers would also require Monte dei Paschi shareholders to forgo the current share price premium from the Intesa offer, Equita adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
Ms. Bush makes some rookie errors: She forgoes whisking dry ingredients separately from the wet, doesn’t let the steaming butter cool before mixing, and is too quick to take the pan out of the oven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Typically wearing a traditional Caribbean shirt, Cepeda forgoes a tie, which he considers a symbol of oligarchy.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
It forgoes the sticky glaze in favor of a deep brown gravy that pools and clings.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026
Apple TV+’s “Sugar,” like “Monsieur Spade,” forgoes the shadow world of black-and-white noir to surround private eye John Sugar in the warm light of Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
She forgoes all of the usual motel thrills, like unwrapping the soaps and hunting for the Bible.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Petrobras said the war significantly affected its export markets, as Asian buyers received Russian crude that European and North American buyers forwent.
From Reuters ● Jul. 28, 2022
But last year, the company forwent a single choice and instead highlighted the pandemic’s sudden and pervasive influence on the language more broadly.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
The reaction back home forwent most of the five stages of grief and focused simply on the anger.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2020
For further meaning, he did so with players who forwent the mini-fashion of skipping bowl games with NFL futures in mind even though that fashion is just as understandable as playing.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 1, 2020
I forwent Supper and walked by the shore of the Charles until I could see Boston.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
The forgone wages and benefits of these retirees add up to an estimated $201 billion annually and the loss of payroll contributions represents a $356 million hit to federal tax revenue, Implan estimates.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
The prosecution added that it was not a forgone conclusion the defendants would be deported following these convictions.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Employment in the industry has fallen by 37%, and since 2014 the state has lost $1.1 billion in wages and $70 million in forgone tax revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Courts also said it was questionable whether the forgone fitness hearing, as his trial lawyer suggested, would have resulted in any action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025
Couldn’t he have forgone a weekend in Vegas?
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
The Energy Department agreed to formal stipulations in exchange for the plaintiffs forgoing the discovery process, which likely would have meant officials would be deposed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Are they buying fewer types of green ingredients in particular or just forgoing certain places and brands altogether?
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
It would have also meant the government forgoing a contractual right to sue Damen Navel for damages, the ministry added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
If you put a chunk of your investable wealth into an annuity, you are forgoing any increases in the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
He saw marriage as the loving alignment of two people who could lead parallel lives but without forgoing any independent dreams or ambitions.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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