forgoes

Example Sentences

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Substrate’s lithography process forgoes what’s known as multi-patterning, or doing repeated exposures on a wafer to make ever-smaller features.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Movies and TV are dominated by genre storytelling held together by formulaic writing that forgoes character development, mood setting and creative plotting.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2024

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

By moving to LIV he forgoes collecting world ranking points, which could threaten his participation at future majors and could jeopardise his Ryder Cup future.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 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