1
as in surrendered
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress
the boy reluctantly relinquished the illegal fireworks to the police officer
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as in resigned
to give up (as a position of authority) formally
the retiring CEO relinquished his position to the company's vice president with very mixed feelings
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Recent Examples of relinquished
Coughlin was in a three-way tie for the lead after the first round and never relinquished that position as others fell off.
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ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
Simmons was set to be Ole Miss’ starter in 2025, but an early-season ankle injury derailed that, and Trinidad Chambliss took over and never relinquished the job.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Kentucky opened the game’s scoring, but the Longhorns responded with a 15-0 first-quarter scoring run and never relinquished the lead.
—Myah Taylor, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
The chance to play in a hometown regional became a possibility last summer when UH relinquished its role as host school for the South Region, one of four regional sites for the NCAA Tournament.
—Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2026
Microsoft relinquished its right to be OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider, but retained a clause that requires all of OpenAI’s API calls, or calls to access its AI models, to be routed through Azure, the reporting noted.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026
After Herzog relinquished the podium, several other speakers riffed on these themes.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
Jackson Chourio raced home as Venezuela took a late lead and never relinquished it.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
He has been targeted 160 times in four seasons and has no picks but 10 TDs relinquished, per Pro Football Reference.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
Simmons was set to be Ole Miss’ starter in 2025, but an early-season ankle injury derailed that, and Trinidad Chambliss took over and never relinquished the job.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Kentucky opened the game’s scoring, but the Longhorns responded with a 15-0 first-quarter scoring run and never relinquished the lead.
—Myah Taylor, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
The chance to play in a hometown regional became a possibility last summer when UH relinquished its role as host school for the South Region, one of four regional sites for the NCAA Tournament.
—Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2026
Microsoft relinquished its right to be OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider, but retained a clause that requires all of OpenAI’s API calls, or calls to access its AI models, to be routed through Azure, the reporting noted.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026
After Herzog relinquished the podium, several other speakers riffed on these themes.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
Jackson Chourio raced home as Venezuela took a late lead and never relinquished it.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
He has been targeted 160 times in four seasons and has no picks but 10 TDs relinquished, per Pro Football Reference.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relinquished
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Many of those animals are surrendered when their owners can no longer properly care for them, an issue that Alessandro Catenazzi, associate professor of biological science at Florida International University, stressed.—
Julian Camejo,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Lukáš Dostál surrendered six goals on 29 shots, with culpability to spread around between him and his defense.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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Some high-flying Epstein friends resigned or lost jobs in corporate America, academia, big law firms, the British, Slovakian and Norwegian governments and beyond.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Harris, a Democrat, is once again running for Congress in Georgia's 14th District, a deeply conservative region represented by Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned in January this year.—
Brian Unger,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Try taking a census of the immobilized population of Los Angeles — otherwise known as our civic statues, rendered in metal or stone.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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After Colon was shot, cops rendered first aid and called for an ambulance.—
Theodore Parisienne,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Responsibility cannot be lost; it can only be abdicated.—
Rich Harwood,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2026
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That means 4 out of every 5 fellow citizens of our state abdicated their civic responsibility.—
Otis Moss III,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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Four consecutive two-out hits opened a 3-0 lead for Kansas City in the second inning as Isaac Collins, Isbel and Maikel Garcia delivered RBIs.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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South Carolina delivered UConn its first loss in an NCAA title game in 2022, and the Huskies returned the favor last season with an 82-59 blowout to secure their first championship since 2016.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
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Should the chain of citizenship break somewhere along the line, however, where an ancestor renounced their citizenship, rights to Canadian citizenship end there.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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The German Jews were the founders of American Reform Judaism, which renounced dietary laws, bar mitzvahs, and Zionism.—
Adam Kirsch,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Marathas ceded Nagar Haveli to the Portuguese in 1783 as compensation for a Portuguese vessel that their navy had destroyed.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Boswell, the team’s senior leader, has ceded time on the ball to Wagler during the freshman’s remarkable rise to being named a second-team All-American.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Relinquished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relinquished. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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