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Recent Examples of give back
Verb
There has been ongoing discussions about how In-N-Out can be best engaged and give back to the community. Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025 Paramount Skydance — The media stock lost more than 5%, marking its fourth straight day of losses, as the parent company of CBS continued to give back some of its sharp August gains. Fred Imbert, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
Unions granted wage and benefit concessions in 2015 and 2011 to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and benefit givebacks in 2009 to Gov. M. Jodi Rell. Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2025 The city would need to negotiate any giveback, which would likely require concessions on its end. David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for give back
Recent Examples of Synonyms for give back
Noun
  • Place your initial $5 bet on one of Sunday's games to instantly unlock $200 in bonus bets alongside a $200 NFL Sunday Ticket discount.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Shop these stylish picks before discounts disappear.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Bears’ starting quarterback believes the locker room intends to reciprocate.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Position yourself as someone who adds value first, and people naturally want to reciprocate.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Why New York is sending rebate checks The rebate checks are possible because higher prices led to higher sales taxes, according to Jared Walczak, vice president of state projects at the Tax Foundation.
    Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • How much lower the millage rate should be, what kind of rebate would truly help working families, and where to find funds to offset rising utility costs were the key questions that deadlocked the council.
    Veronica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The reduction of labor costs via automation, efficiency gains, and increasing digital goods and services would all serve to push prices down.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The survey data reveals that 60% of employees believe their leaders lack empathy during layoffs, while 54% don't trust leadership to handle workforce reductions fairly.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Two days later, Jones wired a kickback of about $25,000 to Gatilin’s personal bank account — then, Jones made a $20,000 payment on his American Express card using the Jackson funds.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Prosecutors had argued that the Fernandes Anderson kickback was tantamount to an imperfect or unofficial bribe, but that the evidence didn’t allow the government to officially charge her in such a way.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • McGhee’s plan for a 2% purchasing deduction followed his effort to rally fellow commissioners to hold a special meeting to claw back a $21 million county subsidy of the 2026 World Cup games in order to replenish the charity dollars Levine Cava dropped from her budget proposal.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Since the transaction is not structured as a partnership or LLC for tax purposes, the investors may not be entitled to any deduction for their investment, since there is no tax code provision that would permit it.
    Schuyler Moore, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The new location will allow Wiggam Law to support clients outside of downtown Atlanta and directly in Gwinnett County, offering legal services including audit defense, tax litigation, penalty abatement, innocent spouse relief and IRS collections representation.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • As long as there are no other outbreaks, shoppers can expect cooler prices heading into the holiday season in addition to an abatement of egg-buying restrictions at grocery stores.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025

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