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been forgone
verb
To let pass, to leave alone
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On the downside, Farage will face accusations that he bottled it, and a chance to kill Cameron sometime this summer has been forgone.
Had the pleasure been forgone — that is, had the life never been created — no one would have been the worse for it.
"Clearly there would be a legal recourse to this, not only to the cost incurred but also the future profits that would have been forgone as well.
By mid-week it estimated that sales worth £25m had been forgone, including exports at a rate of £3m a day.
"Coming off of a five-year recession, there were so many things that had been forgone during that period of time, like funding education and road infrastructure," said State Senator Luke Kenley, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee.
At least 90,000 soldiers were killed by them, and more than ten times that number wounded.The weapons often had the effects their users desired; the argument that chemical weapons have largely been forgone because they do not deliver tactical advantage is wrong.
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I'd been forgoing workouts and whole-food meals.
Too bad the opportunity was forgone.
An opportunity to prepare for the inevitable was forgone.
Interest is forgone by the saver in support of the charity.
And both films wring suspense from real-life events, the outcomes of which are forgone conclusions.
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