sparing

Example Sentences

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She says they were pitched as giving single people "access to a virtually infinite pool of strangers" and sparing them "from the possibility of rejection".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Are we better off just paying the debt completely now, and sparing the house?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Still, for now, the current shock is predominantly centered around oil, not gas, sparing European industry the severe exposure seen in the wake of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Vistesen said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

It addresses her two biggest complaints by sparing immigrants from an “irreparable injury” while setting the stage for a fully fleshed-out opinion on the merits in June.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

Human involvement can easily explain why the wave of extinction obliterated the terrestrial megafauna of Australia while sparing that of the nearby oceans.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari