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Example sentences for: relinquish

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Under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht, which also confirmed Philip’s right to the Spanish throne, Spain was finally forced to relinquish its claims to Gibraltar in 1713.
But rather than relinquish this catchy title to the whole Internet, Morris claims it for the "magazine" (translation: column) he writes on vote.com.
You're someone who still thinks it wouldn't be such an awful thing to have a single phone company reaching from coast to coast, because it means you need only one phone card to call anywhere in the country, who would willingly relinquish exciting new features such as dialing 11 extra digits in order to protect yourself against "surprise charges" by "no name" telephone companies (a fun service my local carrier recently introduced).
Tobacco farmers are especially loath to relinquish the embrace of the Department of Agriculture because they have been treated with unusual generosity.
Abdulsalam Abubakar has called elections for early next year and pledged to relinquish power to a civilian government by May.