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noun

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Recent Examples of give back
Verb
Merrill has also given back to his community in the form of annual visits to local schools that his parents teach at. Jack Vita, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025 Throughout the last weeks of December, other artists also host free concerts on street corners throughout the city as a way of giving back to the community before the winter holidays. Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
What are your thoughts on a giveback to an animal shelter? John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Feb. 2024 By contrast, the Fowler Museum uncovered the items’ illicit history on its own and initiated the giveback. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for give back
Recent Examples of Synonyms for give back
Noun
  • Powered by the Google Tensor G2 chip, the Google Pixel 7 Pro offers similar flagship performance to other high-end Android smartphones but for less – and that's without taking into account the staggering $700 discount.
    Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Before there were resale sites, discount retailers or Black Friday to nab affordable jeans, there was Lot 201, a budget-friendly version of Levi’s 501 pants.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Floodlighting disrupts this natural relational progression by pushing too much emotional depth too soon, which can: Create an unbalanced dynamic where one person overshares while the other feels pressured to reciprocate.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The Yankees reciprocated, using a seventh-round pick on the Northeastern product in 2022.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Canada freezes rebate payments on Teslas, according to reports 05:32 Beyond the impact on the auto sector, investors have been rattled by President Trump's protectionist trade policies.
    Alain Sherter, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Aimed at large-scale international film and TV projects, the scheme offers a cash rebate of up to 50% of the costs incurred during production and post-production in Japan.
    Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The staff reductions are the first step in shutting down the 46-year-old agency, McMahon has said.
    Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
  • All of those staffers were laid off in the recent federal workforce reductions.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As per court documents, the New York native, 64, took kickbacks to steer addicts to a certain rehab facility back in April 2021.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The settlements resolve allegations that health care providers received kickbacks in return for their referrals to a laboratory in Anderson, South Carolina.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Murillo had been identified this time last year as the player who would most likely have to be sold for Forest to avoid another charge, and points deduction, for breaching Premier League spending rules.
    Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Which is what many Republicans have in mind in pushing for a tax credit—not a deduction—for donations to ESA programs.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The company operates in two segments: Production Solutions and Natural Gas Technologies, with a focus on providing production optimization, artificial lift, and methane abatement solutions for the oil and natural gas industry.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Previously, the city has focused on camp sweeps and abatement.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025

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