Example Sentences

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Feeling the pinch of rising housing costs and the slowing economy, jobless graduates have been forfeiting cities that have traditionally provided a stepping stone to middle-class wealth.

From Reuters • Sep. 30, 2023

All my friends do—Lindsay, for generations now people by and large have been forfeiting confidence in themselves to confidence in computers.

From The Ambassador by Merwin, Sam