renege
verb (used without object)
to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
reneged
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past participleof renege.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof renege.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
renegeverb (used without object)to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
Example Sentences
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However, SpaceX’s capacity to fund that capital spending largely relies on compute deals with firms like Anthropic and Google that can be reneged on with a few months’ notice, according to regulatory filings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Moreover, the filing claims that the new entity reneged on a number of promises, including that members would keep their lifetime voting rights as well as their lifetime tickets to the award show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
In February 2024, he sued OpenAI and its boss Sam Altman, saying the firm he helped found had reneged on its non-profit, open source origins by hitching its wagon to Microsoft.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Cipriani said Shell reneged on a purported promise to make “Star Serenade,” an English-language version of a Spanish-language music reality series Cipriani and his wife created that airs on the Roku Channel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
What if, after he told her, she reneged on their deal?
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
