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as in to relinquish
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress
was in so much debt he had to give up his house and move into a cheaper apartment
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as in to abandon
to stop doing (something) permanently
I hope you won't give up playing the piano
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as in to succumb
to yield to the control or power of enemy forces
with the prospect of a renewed enemy attack, the regiment decided to simply give up
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as in to surrender
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly
even in the darkest days of her troubled marriage, she refused to give herself up to feelings of utter hopelessness
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Recent Examples of give up
But career experts encourage you not to give up hope.
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
That lead disappeared in the sixth, when right-hander José Fermin gave up a two-run homer to Byron Buxton.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Someone wrote like 10 times and then gave up.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
This week’s matchup against a Bengals defense that gave up 20 PPR points to the Browns’ tight ends could get Strange into double-digit scoring territory and TE1 status.
—Kc Joyner, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
That lead disappeared in the sixth, when right-hander José Fermin gave up a two-run homer to Byron Buxton.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Someone wrote like 10 times and then gave up.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
This week’s matchup against a Bengals defense that gave up 20 PPR points to the Browns’ tight ends could get Strange into double-digit scoring territory and TE1 status.
—Kc Joyner, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for give up
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Keeping the agreement with Norris in mind, McLaren intervened in the situation by asking Piastri to relinquish second place to Norris.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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In May 2025, Kraft Heinz announced a strategic review aimed at unlocking shareholder value, and Berkshire Hathaway relinquished its board seats, signaling potential structural changes.—
Joe Cornell,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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These factors should never be a cause to abandon principles, but this is exactly what is occurring.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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This would come as Carr also plans on abandoning an effort to raise the agency's benchmark for high-speed internet from 100Mbps to 1Gbps.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Here are some steps to prevent your team from succumbing to the sense of powerlessness associated with the Great Lock-In trend.—
Juliette Han,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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And when Jîna succumbed to her injuries on September 16, the Shargh reporter Niloofar Hamedi defied orders to keep quiet and told the world about her death in a tweet.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Authorities have not yet revealed the full details of how Robinson was detained, but multiple reports suggested that his father urged him to surrender after recognizing his son in the grainy surveillance footage released by police.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
14 Sep. 2025
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Once Bailey reached home, the official completion of a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning, Bailey surrendered himself to the moment.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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This deepening also has an index in the formal features of his poetry—the ambiguity of his pronouns, the firm particularity of his register of images—which teeters between the mundane and the epiphanic, and renders this imbalance itself into view.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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When workers are used as invisible inputs in opaque AI systems that determine hiring, promotions and surveillance protocols, their autonomy can be eroded—and traditional labor rights rendered toothless.—
James Felton Keith,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Mary Ceron is another homeowner who attempted to quit but ended up at a final hearing against her will.—
Mario Ariza,
ProPublica,
15 Sep. 2025
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That prompted a frustrated Webex engineer, Eric Yuan, to quit and start Zoom, which is why WebEx looks like a crude prototype of what Zoom became.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Tanner Gordon — who yielded Machado’s last home run on Sunday in Denver, one of three off him in that game — responded to the first-inning homer by retiring the next 16 batters.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Giolito yielded two runs, one earned, on five hits.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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The first rapid prototype antenna was delivered in June 1998.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
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After 10 tumultuous years with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Kadri delivered his best campaign with the Colorado Avalanche in 2021-22, posting 89 points in the regular season and finishing by hoisting the Stanley Cup.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Give up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/give%20up. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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