How to Use (the right of) first refusal in a Sentence
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For the most expensive items stores what’s get right of first refusal and no more.
— Katie Baron, Forbes, 27 June 2022 -
The bank would have the right of first refusal but would have no obligation to put the mortgage loans on its books.
— Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Jan. 2022 -
The Bills tendered Bates at the low level of $2.433 million and that gives them only the right of first refusal.
— Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 24 Mar. 2022 -
Mould has offered first refusal of the work to the Louvre Museum in Paris.
— Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2021 -
And the contract gives Diamond the right of first refusal if the Suns agree to another deal.
— Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023 -
And the contract gives Diamond the right of first refusal if the Suns agree to another deal.
— Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023 -
That team also has the right of first refusal on the 50-year contract to build, finance and operate the lanes.
— Katherine Shaver, Washington Post, 17 June 2022 -
That team also has the right of first refusal on the 50-year contract to build, finance and operate the lanes.
— Katherine Shaver, Washington Post, 17 June 2022 -
Tenants will get right of first refusal to purchase properties that go up for sale in the area.
— John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2020 -
Current owners have the right of first refusal when a cottage in the co-op becomes available.
— WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 -
Any right of first refusal clause was news to Village officials.
— Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2023 -
That, along with the trustees defeating a lawsuit brought by the estate of team’s prior owner, Edgar Kaiser, over a right of first refusal, helped to pave the way for the sale.
— Michael McCann, Variety, 10 Sep. 2022 -
Tenants would get right of first refusal to purchase properties that go up for sale in the area, Novara said.
— John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2020 -
When Gawa's landlord announced plans to sell, she was offered first refusal.
— Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 29 Sep. 2021 -
The team has begun designing the toll lanes at its own expense and will have the right of first refusal on a decades-long deal worth billions to build and operate them.
— Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022 -
If the Cowboys use the transition tag on Gregory, he’d get paid $16.6 million and the Cowboys would have the right of first refusal if another team tries to sign him.
— Dallas News, 4 Feb. 2022 -
If the Cowboys use the transition tag on Gregory, he’d get paid $16.6 million and the Cowboys would have the right of first refusal if another team tries to sign him.
— Dallas News, 4 Feb. 2022 -
Almost all companies have a ROFR (right of first refusal) on any secondary purchase, and often the major investors do as well.
— Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 -
Under the new deal, A24 has the right of first refusal to develop film and TV projects based on Pushkin’s intellectual property.
— Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 June 2022 -
Pitt's lawsuit claims that Jolie's business Nouvel owed his company Mondo Bongo the right of first refusal, and the sale infringed on that right.
— Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 8 June 2022 -
Pitt's lawsuit claimed that Jolie's business Nouvel owed his company Mondo Bongo the right of first refusal, and the sale infringed on that right.
— Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2022 -
Netflix also negotiated the right of first refusal to grab any Sony movies that bypass theaters and go straight to streaming.
— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2021 -
In her opinion, the advantages to each are as follows: The aisle has leg room and bathroom access, the middle gets right of first refusal to the armrests, and the window seat affords privacy and, well, the window.
— Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023 -
Right of first refusal, under which tenants would be offered the opportunity to purchase their home, should their landlord choose to sell it.
— Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2022 -
Amazon also locked up exclusive rights to Rivian’s commercial vans for four years, with the right of first refusal for two years after that.
— New York Times, 14 Jan. 2022 -
Amazon also locked up exclusive rights to Rivian’s commercial vans for four years, with the right of first refusal for two years after that.
— New York Times, 14 Jan. 2022 -
Section 42 allows for not for profits sponsors to have a right of first refusal (ROFR) to purchase the property for a bargain price at the end of the 15 year compliance period.
— Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 18 May 2022 -
The players will be scouted by other clubs and can be offered deals elsewhere, with the agreement typically allowing the host club right of first refusal.
— Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023 -
However, the agreement’s real value came in granting Transurban the right of first refusal on the 50-year contract to finance, build and operate the lanes in exchange for keeping most of the toll revenue.
— Katherine Shaver, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2022 -
However, the agreement’s real value came in granting Transurban the right of first refusal on the 50-year contract to finance, build and operate the lanes in exchange for keeping most of the toll revenue.
— Katherine Shaver, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2022
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