Sentence examples for opposite giving from inspiring English sources

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Underheard in New York did just the opposite, giving homeless people what they so often lack: a forum and a voice.

So much literature is about yearning, absence, loss, that it is intriguing to read about its opposite: giving abundantly, even when we think we lack.

The Irish did the opposite, giving blanket bank guarantees in September 2008 which have recently been extended to the end of June at least.The alternative, which some regulators prefer, is to create a specific layer of debt that would bear losses if a bank fails, without (it is hoped) triggering a run of all creditors.

Both have said that they have done nothing wrong and are fighting the charges.The SEC argues that rather than challenge the two when they provided "highly suspicious information", Mr Cohen did the opposite, giving Mr Martoma a $9m bonus and praising Mr Steinberg.

While many people think a Caribbean campus is the last-ditch resort for foreign students with fat wallets but slim grades, this one is the exact opposite, giving full scholarships to smart youths from poor rural areas in 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Time and time again I see people in meetings doing the exact opposite: giving feedback that is never asked for.

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A more promising idea is the opposite: give away the content without the paper.

"If anything I worry about the opposite, given my desire to puncture people's uninformed assumptions," Mr. Daisey said.

These are abstruse mathematical tricks indeed, but the diagram (opposite) gives you some idea of how they work.

On the contrary, Facebook is pushing people to do the opposite: Give it more of their personal information — and fuzzing why it's asking by bundling a range of usage intentions.

And yet, the practice amounts to essentially viral advertising, rather than anything approaching "transparency". Often it's the exact opposite, given that often YouTubers don't disclose these deals, or may only mention them in passing.

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