Example Sentences

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The ride-hailing service’s co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer are relinquishing their leadership roles to make way for a former Amazon executive.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Wylie, the #BlockSidewalk leader, said cities are relinquishing too much power to big tech companies as regulators are trying to rein them in.

From Washington Post • May 5, 2019

The good news is the extremists are relinquishing open platforms where they can readily reach millions of people.

From Washington Times • Sep. 12, 2016

Requesting ideas from your team at the onset may feel like you are relinquishing control – and you are.

From Forbes • Jun. 25, 2013

At present the Punans and Bukats are relinquishing these customs through fear of the Company.

From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl