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Recent Examples of give back
Verb
What started as a few dozen members of St. Paul’s West 7th Street Boys Club donating jackets at a Christmas party has turned into an organization of more than 200 people committed to giving back. Natasha Delion, Twin Cities, 18 Dec. 2024 The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite gave back 0.3% from its record set the day before. Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
Despite revenue declines, the state remains on track to run another surplus this year, unless the economy declines more sharply or Kemp and lawmakers ramp up tax givebacks. Jeff Amy, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2023 But that year, Even Stevens suspended its giveback program in a restructuring effort to repair its finances, and around then, also closed stores in Arizona, Colorado and Texas, The Tribune previously reported. Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for give back 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for give back
Noun
  • The discount is usually in the buyer’s favor, as the cost of an accurate restoration and finding NOS (new old stock) parts rarely pencils out.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Some of our absolute favorite pieces are up to 54 percent off, like the Pivot 3 3-piece Set, which is down by $200 thanks to the discount.
    Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Even more moving is seeing Charlie's kindness reciprocated in ways that leave him feeling truly seen.
    Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
  • That sense of commitment is pivotal to a Capricorn, Kelly adds, but it must be reciprocated.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • On the other side of the ledger is a hefty $129M tax rebate for the entirety of the show.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Here’s a map of the weather impacts Some taxpayers will receive a large rebate: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced this morning that roughly 1 million taxpayers will receive an up to $1,400 rebate in the coming weeks.
    Cate Martel, The Hill, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Recent advancements in deciphering spam through AI have led to improvements, and there is potential for significant spam reduction in the near future.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The program was credited by city officials for a 43% reduction in homicides from 2012 to 2017.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Another recipient was Michael Conahan, a former Pennsylvania judge who was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison in 2011 for wrongfully imprisoning juveniles in two for-profit detention centers in exchange for financial kickbacks.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Conahan was jailed alongside fellow Democrat judge Mark Ciavarella for sending thousands of children to privately run juvenile centers with disproportionate sentences in exchange for millions of dollars in kickbacks.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Legal Implications Alvarez’s schemes reportedly involved creating false itemized deductions for expenses like medical bills and charitable donations, fabricating capital losses, and claiming ineligible tax credits such as child and tuition tax credits.
    Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • This included cutting the corporate tax rate and increasing standard deductions for individuals and couples, many of whom previously would have itemized instead of taking the standard deduction.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The duo meet up and talk pest control, cover crops, weed abatement, soil, and experimental patches in their fields that may or may not have panned out.
    Esha Chhabra, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The result of the shift could be a real deal of the century: an abatement of the multipronged conflicts raging in the Middle East, a political horizon and reconstruction for the Palestinians and the Lebanese, and some nominal concessions from Tehran on its nuclear program and regional malfeasance.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024

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