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a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilege
before the hospital will treat you, you have to sign a waiver in which you give up your right to sue
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Recent Examples of waivers
While in office, he's issued high-profile audits, including on pandemic waivers.
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Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
Students who live in the community college district’s service area, which includes Saratoga, Los Gatos and Santa Clara, were already eligible to receive tuition waivers from the district.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
But a gas tax holiday may not be the most effective way to deliver that relief, especially since these waivers are temporary.
—Erich Muehlegger, The Conversation, 23 June 2022
Importers are allowed to petition the Commerce Department for specific waivers from tariffs, an allowance corporations unsurprisingly use to extract special favors.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
Students who live in the community college district’s service area, which includes Saratoga, Los Gatos and Santa Clara, were already eligible to receive tuition waivers from the district.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
But a gas tax holiday may not be the most effective way to deliver that relief, especially since these waivers are temporary.
—Erich Muehlegger, The Conversation, 23 June 2022
Importers are allowed to petition the Commerce Department for specific waivers from tariffs, an allowance corporations unsurprisingly use to extract special favors.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Waivers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waivers. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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