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redeem

[ri-deem] / rɪˈdim /




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Upon receiving a formal national-bank charter from the OCC, World Liberty will be able to issue and redeem USD1, manage the reserve backing USD1, and provide custody services to customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

She added it was "far too soon for him to try and redeem himself".

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

I didn’t realize that optimizing my travel points meant picking up a new hobby: constantly comparing prices on travel portals, which is where you redeem your credit-card points for plane tickets, hotels and experiences.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Play as Superman’s cousin, Kara Zor-El, while the game’s credits roll, zapping the names of developers with her laser vision as they scroll past to score extra points you can redeem in the SuperShop.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2026

It might redeem her enough in the eyes of the law that she'd be forgiven for the other bad things she'd done that night.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

What redeems this creakily plotted work is the showcase it provides for a company of savvy older actresses.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

And so the evening concludes with an explosion of emotion that redeems its flaws, and sends us reeling, shaken, into the night.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2026

And he’s racked up plenty of points in the process that he redeems for vacations, including a recent winter holiday trip to the Caribbean that would have otherwise cost him thousands of dollars.

From MarketWatch Mar. 16, 2026

Under these arrangements, companies or brokers buy forest land to preserve it, so that by absorbing carbon from the atmosphere the land redeems or "offsets" the planet-warming emissions produced by firms' other activities.

From Barron's Feb. 26, 2026

It was a Thermopylæ reversed, with a friar for its Leonidas; a Balaclava galloped upon quicksands; and it redeems a long catalogue of baseness.

From The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole

In that way, I feel creatively redeemed on some level, just in my own journey between me, myself and I. But I feel ready to move on from the ‘Blade’ questions.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

But while we can be redeemed, we must also accept the consequences of our actions and live in the new life born from them.

From Slate Jul. 10, 2026

Open Standard said the new token can be minted and redeemed at no cost and earnings from Open USD’s reserves will be split among the coin’s adopters after covering operational costs.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Online retailers selling the physical edition have stated that, as with other digital game codes, the one being offered for GTA 6 is single-use and will become invalid after it is redeemed.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Every can and bottle from there to Charlotte was claimed and redeemed, five cents that neither of them had before.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

Once Social Security’s benefit payments exceed payroll-tax revenue — an issue that is now worrying lawmakers, workers and retirees — the Social Security Administration starts redeeming those bonds.

From MarketWatch May 2, 2026

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was once the darling of foreign diplomats, with legions of supporters at home and a reputation for redeeming Myanmar from a history of iron-fisted martial rule.

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

The character doesn’t need any redeeming qualities for this particular film to remain entertaining.

From Salon Apr. 5, 2026

As issuers have advertised more perks, redeeming them has also grown more complex, making the true value harder to gauge for many cardholders.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

Not all mythical beasts are friendly, of course, but even the hostile ones have certain amiable redeeming aspects.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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