Example Sentences

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Hedging still makes sense, as does defining risk without forgoing potential rewards.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

What if we could avoid our taxpayer’s complicity, without forgoing the benefits of a common tax system?

From Slate • May 11, 2026

“One of the biggest things that I have been forgoing is just less fun activities, less weekends out, less traveling,” said Smith, who is retired from the D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Shipping companies are forgoing crossings through higher-risk areas, which is making their trips longer and costlier.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

For ten days following his father’s death, he and his mother and Sonia eat a mourner’s diet, forgoing meat and fish.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri