How to Use sign away in a Sentence
sign away
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Another signed away his soul for a granola bar, and the fifth did so for a single stamp.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
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The lab agreed to bankroll the patent, but only if the 59-year-old scientist signed away his financial rights.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2023
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At 16, Kelly’s mother skipped town and signed away custody of her daughter to a stranger.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
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The contract signs away your right to negatively review the game.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 May 2024
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In recent years, the network showing the game has been unable to sign away its last commercial berth until just days before the Big Game.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
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The service requires customers to sign away some of their data protection rights, The Post reported in May.
—Caroline O'Donovan, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
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Goodenough patented his battery in 1980, signing away his financial claim to it in order to fund the patent.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 July 2023
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Virgo, the sixth sign of the zodiac, is two signs away from Scorpio, an aspect known as a sextile in astrology.
—Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
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Under the conservatorship, Oher claimed, he has been deprived of the rights to his name, image and likeness on top of millions of dollars the family got for signing away the rights to the book the film is based on.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023
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Corrine Casanova lived only 19 days after signing away her home.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 11 May 2023
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Some actors fear a possible future in which studios will pressure them to sign away their likeness and their digital double will take work away from them.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 25 July 2023
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Trending Nationally Parkland school shooter signs away rights to his name.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2024
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However, the court unanimously determined that Adolph could not sign away his right to represent his peers in a class-action lawsuit.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
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Zippel said Irving then spoke to Mavericks security staff members before Jazz officials went to check the rabbis' tickets and tell them to put the signs away.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 4 Jan. 2024
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Desperate to move her family away from a block in Newark with increasing drug activity, Coleman signed away one type of risk for another.
—Jen Schwartz, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2018
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Users currently sign away their rights to that data in return for the wonderful free goods and services that big technology companies provide.
—Anne-Marie Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2016
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The Court has long held that companies may force their workers and consumers to sign away their right to sue that company in a real court — one that can conduct a jury trial — and instead have the case heard by a private arbitrator.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 June 2024
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Many unwed mothers were coerced into signing away their babies even before giving birth.
—Choe Sang-Hun, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
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The termination includes $5,000 in compensation, residents would also be signing away their rights to sue the developers in the future.
—Yash Roy, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2023
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This is where America’s most popular tax-prep website asks you to sign away the ironclad privacy protections of your tax return, including the details of your income, home mortgage and student loan payments.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
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The legislation also prohibits employers from pressuring workers to sign away their rights through waivers, nondisclosure agreements or non-disparagement agreements in exchange for severance pay.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
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Additionally, they are prohibited from profiling child users in ways that do not serve their best interests, tracking their locations, and using manipulative design techniques to coerce children to sign away the rights to their personal information.
—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2024
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