as in violating
to fail to keep
a builder being sued by a homeowner for breaching a contract
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Recent Examples of breaching
On the same statute-of-limitations grounds, the jury also rejected Musk’s claim that Microsoft aided and abetted Altman and Brockman in allegedly breaching their duty to OpenAI.
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David Ingram, NBC news, 18 May 2026
Musk filed his lawsuit in 2024, accusing Altman and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman of unjustly enriching themselves, and OpenAI of breaching its duty as a nonprofit by starting a for-profit wing and taking billions in investment from Microsoft (also named as a defendant).
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026
The nine-panel jury found Altman, co-founder Greg Brockman and OpenAI not liable on all claims and rejected the SpaceX founder's claim that Microsoft, a major stakeholder in OpenAI, aided and abetted Altman and Brockman in allegedly breaching their duty to OpenAI, according to NBC News.
—Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Over the nine years PSR was in operation in the EFL, several clubs were sanctioned for breaching that threshold, with Birmingham City, Derby County, Leicester City, Reading and Sheffield Wednesday all receiving points-deductions.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 15 May 2026
There have been several reports of visitors breaching the fencing, Redulla said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Trespassers breaching airport perimeters is a longstanding and regular problem, with perhaps dozens annually nationwide, said security expert Jeff Price, who was assistant director of security at the Denver airport in the 1990s.
—Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
This year’s collection had a bumper crop of 41 millionaire pieces, with a handful breaching the mid-seven-figure barrier, among them the jewels with important sapphires, emeralds and rubies.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 10 May 2026
That exchange of fire, with both Hezbollah and Israel accusing the other side of breaching the ceasefire, has continued since the truce came into force.
—CBS News, 8 May 2026
David Ingram, NBC news, 18 May 2026
Musk filed his lawsuit in 2024, accusing Altman and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman of unjustly enriching themselves, and OpenAI of breaching its duty as a nonprofit by starting a for-profit wing and taking billions in investment from Microsoft (also named as a defendant).
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026
The nine-panel jury found Altman, co-founder Greg Brockman and OpenAI not liable on all claims and rejected the SpaceX founder's claim that Microsoft, a major stakeholder in OpenAI, aided and abetted Altman and Brockman in allegedly breaching their duty to OpenAI, according to NBC News.
—Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Over the nine years PSR was in operation in the EFL, several clubs were sanctioned for breaching that threshold, with Birmingham City, Derby County, Leicester City, Reading and Sheffield Wednesday all receiving points-deductions.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 15 May 2026
There have been several reports of visitors breaching the fencing, Redulla said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Trespassers breaching airport perimeters is a longstanding and regular problem, with perhaps dozens annually nationwide, said security expert Jeff Price, who was assistant director of security at the Denver airport in the 1990s.
—Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
This year’s collection had a bumper crop of 41 millionaire pieces, with a handful breaching the mid-seven-figure barrier, among them the jewels with important sapphires, emeralds and rubies.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 10 May 2026
That exchange of fire, with both Hezbollah and Israel accusing the other side of breaching the ceasefire, has continued since the truce came into force.
—CBS News, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaching
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Cuba has said the planes were violating Cuban airspace.—
Carmen Sesin,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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Driscoll pleaded guilty later in 2010 to violating the order of protection, which was later terminated.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
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Nvidia’s GPUs, first developed in 1999 for rendering graphics on computers and gaming consoles, function by breaking complex computing problems into smaller tasks and resolving them simultaneously.—
Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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The two string-breaking simulations are among the first to model particle interactions in two spatial dimensions, González-Cuadra says.—
Zeeya Merali,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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“Breaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaching. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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