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as in to decrease
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
waited until the rain remitted a little and ran to the car
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as in to ignore
to dismiss as of little importance
the judge refused to remit the young man's cavalier disregard for his pile of unpaid speeding tickets and summarily revoked his driver's license
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as in to postpone
to assign to a later time
the legislature has remitted the matter to the next session, where it will most likely die in committee
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Recent Examples of remit
For one thing, emigrants from developing countries remit around $440 billion annually to relatives at home, a transfer that is three times the size of total official development aid worldwide.
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Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2015
The police sent their request to the Supreme Court’s Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who remitted it to the Justice Ministry, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.
—Eléonore Hughes and David Biller, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Even if the payor is not within the personal jurisdiction of the Court and cannot be held in contempt, a payor which does not remit funds according to the assignment order might become liable to the creditor on some theory or another.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
In recent years, however, Russia—Assad’s indispensable ally—has used its leverage at the Security Council to whittle the resolution’s remit down to a single crossing between Syria and Turkey.
—Natasha Hall, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2023
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Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2015
The police sent their request to the Supreme Court’s Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who remitted it to the Justice Ministry, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.
—Eléonore Hughes and David Biller, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Even if the payor is not within the personal jurisdiction of the Court and cannot be held in contempt, a payor which does not remit funds according to the assignment order might become liable to the creditor on some theory or another.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
In recent years, however, Russia—Assad’s indispensable ally—has used its leverage at the Security Council to whittle the resolution’s remit down to a single crossing between Syria and Turkey.
—Natasha Hall, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2023
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Federal grant aid per student decreased nearly 4% in the same period, which is in line with decreases in enrollment.Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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In Denver, stops for speeding decreased by 35% after the change, from more than 8,200 stops in the four months before the policy change to 5,300 in the four months after the change.Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 8 Dec. 2024
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For someone to single out sports betting as uniquely damaging is disingenuous and ignores the broader context of how Americans allocate discretionary income.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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But key architects of the British and American working classes ignored efforts to fuse the labor and abolitionist movements and instead linked labor militancy to white suffering.Gunther Peck / Made by History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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And that is why, in order to get sustainable peace, Ukraine have to get security guarantees which not provide Russia opportunity just to postpone this goal, but to make Russia impossible to achieve this goal in future.ABC NEWS, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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The defence team has repeatedly sought to postpone proceedings since the trial began, nearly five years ago, citing Israel's precarious defence situation since the 7 October Hamas attacks.The Week UK, theweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Climate change exacerbates the threats with rising temperatures disrupting migration patterns and diminishing the availability of milkweed, the monarch caterpillar's essential food source.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Helping to model that behavior and normalizing outreach for support is a great way to diminish the stigma.Subha Barry, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Fickell could be forgiven for allowing his mind to wander.Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recommended The Monitor's View Thanksgiving as forgiving Russian and Syrian jets targeted rebel positions in Aleppo and health care facilities in Idlib Monday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which reports over 500 civilian and combatant fatalities since Nov. 27.Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Dec. 2024
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National News Florida woman charged with threatening health insurance company with ‘delay, deny, depose’ A Florida woman has been charged with threatening her health insurance provider during a phone...The Denver Post, The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2024
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The looming multi-billion-dollar budget shortfall in Annapolis strongly suggests that some elements of the Blueprint may have to be delayed and, presumably, that includes spending more on teacher pay.Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2024
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The tension subsides only in the last iteration, as the bare interval A-E swells and then breaks off.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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The foul odors subsided when the facility closed in 2014, but a decade later, the infrastructure sits as a 47-acre blighted industrial property on the edge of the Santa Cruz River.John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
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A lot of that can be explained by the unique aspects of our health care system.Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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Not only do the stores help educators, Klein explained that the stores eliminate waste.Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Remit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remit. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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