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redeem

[ri-deem] / rɪˈdim /




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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

If the merger agreement is terminated, Getty said it plans to redeem its 10.5% senior secured notes due 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 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

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

“Shadow Ticket’s” structure turns the current film adaptation of “Vineland” inside out — that would be “One Battle After Another,” whose thrilling middle more than redeems an only slightly off-key beginning and end.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2025

The Lord not only saves us from spiritual death, but He redeems us for ever that death can never touch us.

From Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses by Moody, Dwight Lyman

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

The lesson of the scripture is that everyone can be redeemed, can change, no matter what mistakes they have made.

From Slate Jul. 10, 2026

Open Standard said Open USD can be minted and redeemed at no cost.

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

I wondered why he’d written Van Houten in those last days instead of me, telling Van Houten that he’d be redeemed if only he gave me my sequel.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

Gift card redemptions for fuel retailers are rising, the company said, and from January to March, Fetch saw a 20% lift in consumers redeeming fuel-related offers in the app.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

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

From Salon Apr. 5, 2026

But it doesn’t take much to detect the pride he has in his son, whose work may not reliably pay the bills but has brought public recognition and a sense of redeeming purpose.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 28, 2026

There is no redeeming piece of the story.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett




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