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waiver

noun

ˈwā-vər

Definition of waiver

as in exemption

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 waiver Gang Green also claimed Blake Grupe off waivers, but Sanders handled the kicking duties in the season-opening victory over the Titans. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026 Cardone found that Noem and Mullin exceeded their authorities when issuing the waivers between February and July that allowed construction to proceed. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 And the European diplomatic service responded with derision to Trump’s waiver of sanctions. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 But one expert estimated the diesel waiver alone could help Russian exporters net $30 to $40 more per ton, in turn padding Moscow’s tax revenue. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waiver

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Support for the project included historic tax credits alongside property tax exemptions through Port KC.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
Proposition 40 includes a provision to allow the revenue to be allocated to healthcare and other social needs like food assistance even when spending limits are exceeded, an exemption from existing state law.

— Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

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Judge Michael Sweet sentenced Roderick Earl Sowells, 60, for the murder of David Marcus Jones, 29, of West Sacramento, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026
That, however, never happened and an attorney eventually petitioned for his release.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

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