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Recent Examples of give back
Verb
Yet, thousands of individuals willingly serve on nonprofit boards for various reasons: a passion for the cause, prestige, networking, and giving back to their communities are some of those. Timothy J. McClimon, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 Roughly one month before attending the mother-daughter brunch, Angelina and her kids got together to give back once more, this time for the families affected by the recent wildfires in Los Angeles. Angel Saunders, People.com, 4 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
  • And while there are wisecracks and blandly humorous asides here and there (most of them delivered by Pratt, who to his credit does give it his discount Harrison Ford best), the Russos mostly play it straight.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
  • When the package finally arrived, Valdez called him to offer the part at discount instead of selling it to someone else full price.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Leaders who focus on serving others might sometimes feel hesitant to be open, fearing they may be taken advantage of by employees who do not reciprocate the same level of commitment or work ethic.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Cho reciprocated with the raw physicality of a man possessed — scrunching up his body, springing up from the piano seat to attack low-register notes.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Tech billionaire Elon Musk has criticized a Canadian province's decision to remove Tesla from a rebate program on electric products.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The rebate struggles have only compounded a difficult economic reality for the industry.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Traders are assigning virtually no probability of a cut at next week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting and only about a 1-in-4 chance of a reduction in May, according to CME Group calculations.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Regardless of what a full-year funding measure might include, the president has statutory authority to propose spending reductions to Congress.
    Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 13 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
  • With the House narrowly split, this is not a certainty especially with issues like the SALT deduction dividing Republicans.
    Mark Avallone, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • That’s a $750 increase for the standard deduction for single filers from tax year 2023, $1,500 for joint filers and $1,100 for heads of household.
    Dan Avery, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Previously, the city has focused on camp sweeps and abatement.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The Stern case features annual global abatement costs of $3.9 trillion in 2025, increasing to $6.9 trillion over ten years.
    Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024

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