- past tense form of relinquish.
- past participle of relinquish.
relinquished
Example Sentences
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New York relinquished a bucket of first-round draft picks to land Bridges, who, like Josh Hart, is a former Villanova teammate of Brunson’s, and the ROI had been meh.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
"I have never relinquished my convictions, my freedom of thought or my independence."
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
And if Uthmeier prevails, adoptive parents across Florida could find their legal claim to their children suddenly open to challenge, potentially by the very birth parents who relinquished them, or by the state.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
In October, she lost her duchess title when her ex-husband relinquished his Duke of York title over his links with Epstein.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
I relinquished the remote and snuck a peek at Faith, stretched out on the other bed.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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