given back
Example Sentences
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As of this month, its shares have given back the last of those gains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
At one point, guns being kept in the residence were taken by police and later given back when someone living there petitioned for them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
In a statement to the BBC, Majid apologised again and said using the money was a "mistake", and the sum had been given back to the charity.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
The departments counter that, generally, the money can be used to offset other costs or it can be given back to the state.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2025
What I would not have given, back in Baltimore, for a line of officers, agents of my country and my community, patrolling my route to school!
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
