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also foregoing
as in avoiding
to resist the temptation of
I'll forgo dessert tonight—I'm trying to lose weight
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The figures – released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – follow trends since the COVID-19 pandemic with more parents foregoing children’s vaccines that have been instrumental in saving early lives.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Israel can adopt collective minority rights—by way of cultural, linguistic, or even national recognition—without forgoing the Jewish character of the state.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024
Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Israel can adopt collective minority rights—by way of cultural, linguistic, or even national recognition—without forgoing the Jewish character of the state.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Forgoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgoing. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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