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waivers

noun

plural of waiver

as in exemptions

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 On the one hand, the relief came through energy, when Washington granted a series of short-term waivers that kept the NIS refinery running while Hungary’s MOL negotiated to buy out the Russian stake. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026 The city is contemplating $185 million in financial participation, including a 35-year tax revenue-sharing agreement and about $25 million to $40 million in fee waivers. — Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026 Uthmeier used the case to attack the constitutionality of judicial waivers and convinced the court of appeals to strike down the law. — Jim Defede, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026 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 In tandem, waivers for non-compliant materials will stop being available unless there are active efforts to qualify a domestic or allied source. — Yardley Pohl, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Garand ended training camp third on the organizational depth chart, and the 24-year-old is only still around because none of the NHL's other 31 teams claimed him off waivers prior to opening night. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 As a result, he was waived, cleared waivers and signed back to the Dallas practice squad. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026

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releases

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After a handful of supremely mellow releases that blended lurching ’90s breakbeats with wintry, Mazzy Star-like songwriting, their third album dives into a vat of mercurial distortion and slippery, all-consuming bass.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
These latest releases from OpenAI continue to contradict the recommendations of the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (AGMAI), the expert panel the company organized in response to widespread criticism from mathematicians.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026

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