Example Sentences
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Executives say the looser rules will allow them to compete more in corners of lending they have largely abdicated because of the capital costs, like to riskier companies or private-equity firms striking deals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Juan Carlos abdicated later in 2014, handing the throne to Felipe.
From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025
Ayad Akhtar’s “McNeal,” which had its premiere last year at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater in a production starring Robert Downey Jr., failed precisely because it abdicated this responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025
Queen Beatrix reigned as queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until she abdicated in 2013, when she was succeeded by her son King Willem-Alexander.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025
“After he abdicated and became quite old, he returned to the palace with the Paper and a strange story.”
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
