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Example sentences for: relinquish

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The Government of Ireland Act of 1920 is to be repealed and the people of this State have agreed to relinquish the territorial claim to unity.
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.
The NTSB had planned to relinquish the probe to the FBI for a criminal investigation into whether Batouti intentionally downed the aircraft, but the Egyptian government requested more time to analyze the recordings.
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).
Indonesia elected new leaders and voted to relinquish control of East Timor.