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Forfeiting those fees is expected to cost as much as $90 million over three years, according to Matt Szabo, the city’s top budget analyst.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Forfeiting federal land to states, however, has garnered more opposition.

From Washington Times • Feb. 3, 2023

Forfeiting over discriminatory language is a subject that spurs all kinds of debate online, to varying degrees of coarseness.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2020

Forfeiting future payments for immediate cash can seem like a painful necessity.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2015

Forfeiting mobility, they have, like the plant, forfeited the greater possibilities of progress, and they remain flowering to-day on the floors of our waters, recalling the next phase in the evolution of early life.

From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph