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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
forego .
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Examples
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He listens fascinated for a thousand-and-one nights until finally he lets her live as his wife and foregoes his murderous ways.
Arab Spring influence closes out Edinburgh Festival Reuters 2011
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He listens fascinated for a thousand-and-one nights until finally he lets her live as his wife and foregoes his murderous ways.
Arab Spring influence closes out Edinburgh Festival Reuters 2011
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Repeal of PUHCA probably was a step backwards, as it grants Energy utilities independence, when Business invariably foregoes long-term advantage for interim Profits. lgl
New Energy Legislation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Like Hong Kong, Singapore foregoes most "discretionary" monetary policy, pegging the Singapore dollar to a currency basket.
Moving Toward 21st Century Capitalism Nathan Lewis 2011
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If she feels this way about our government, then I suggest she foregoes her salary, government health benefits, perks, social security and of course, her future pension.
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His September appearances with Joe Lovano and Bill Frisell have been overtaken this year by his "New Trio": French saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh sports a comparatively light, airy sound that suggests a pan-global, postmodern Lester Young ; guitarist Ben Monder occasionally creates Frisell-ian soundscapes, but also foregoes the electronics in favor of more traditional harmonic support.
The Jazz Scene: Hot Tones, Francophones Will Friedwald 2011
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If Obama turns his back on the Republicans and blatantly foregoes bipartisanship just so he can mollify his base, he, along with the rest of the Dems, will regret it!!!!
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He cursed softly to himself and watched the fire fade from her face and the soft luminous glow of the appealing woman spring up, of the appealing woman who foregoes strength and panoplies herself wisely in her weakness.
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The director of this film consistently foregoes sentimentality in favor of subtle debunking of myths based on culture.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2010
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Science fiction deliberately foregoes a direct engagement with the world literary fiction confronts more squarely, preferring instead imaginative extrapolations from existing conditions in that world; fantastic fiction ignores the restraints of realism in coming to terms with that world altogether.
Genre Fiction 2010
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