gift
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“I have such incredible respect for anybody who knows how to entertain at that level because it’s an absolute gift — and it’s really hard work.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
She called it a gift and never asked me to sign anything.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
There is no tax for the borrower on such forgiveness, because it is from a gift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The club would foot constructions costs as a "gift" to Americans and provide free memberships to future presidents - and accommodations to visiting foreign dignitaries.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“We’ve used the gift excuse three times now,” Camille says.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
The gifts can be cash or other assets, like stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
I’d also be fine with smaller gifts and putting the rest toward our retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Decide up front, in writing, whether such gifts count as an advance against the inheritance or stand apart from it—and state your justification for either decision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
He held me in his arms when I was a baby, brought me gifts as a child, played cards with my parents, and even worked for my family.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
He tells him we have gifts for Chief Powhatan, brought from England.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
But he was such a gifted athlete at the University of Minnesota that the Vikings decided he was worth risking in the 17th round of the NFL draft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
As a child I was once gifted a “custom” cassette tape with songs “written for me.”
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Items from the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, were also on offer from The Omer Bhatti Collection, a Norwegian rapper and dancer, who Jackson gifted a number of items of clothing to.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Superintelligence is already used as a term referring to AI systems that can outperform the most gifted humans in a range of tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
I remember that my friends were wearing colorful leis and recently gifted jewelry.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Quite how England reached the 36th minute only one goal down was a mystery to everyone inside Wembley, Marc Guehi's inexplicable turn into trouble gifting Lamine Yamal an opener inside two minutes.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
However, selling, gifting, or in any way “spending down” your cousin’s share of the property needs to be handled carefully, as that could come back to bite you later.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
One of Burning Man’s 10 principles is gifting, which is why the festival runs on a gifting economy.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Attendees transform the desert into a temporary city that relies on “radical self-reliance” and a gifting economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
And it was Duryodhana, the eldest of the one hundred Kaurava brothers, that came to his rescue by gifting him a kingdom of his own.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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