How to Use disclaim in a Sentence

disclaim

verb
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  • The only way the brothers can get the wealth back is to convince the chief of the band, Ed Whitford, to disclaim the estate.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Once the wife died, the children might have been able to disclaim or renounce their interests in the estate and shift some of the assets back to the father.
    — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Yet, Duff disclaimed, the cool hue was not an indication of her soon-to-be newborn's gender.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
  • And here's the kicker: Drivers disclaim any right to receive amounts over and above the Fare produced by the Fare Calculation.
    — David Kravets, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2017
  • However, what has captivated fans the most is that it's inspired by actual events, as disclaimed at the end of the show's credits.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023
  • As such, Silver decides that Lundin has disclaimed a demand for a jury trial on all but the issue of punitive damages.
    — Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Every senior Democrat is disclaiming knowledge of the dossier deal, leaving Perkins Coie holding the bag.
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2017
  • There's a reason that the Parkland kids are politely yet firmly disclaiming the column this morning: For them, this is not a productive fight.
    — Jay Willis, GQ, 27 Mar. 2018
  • That way, if there is a retroactive reduction the trustee or beneficiaries can disclaim the gift down the reduce exemption level and avoid a tax.
    — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • But it should be disclaimed that some quotes have their own journey; at times their origin gets historically murky and the provenance dubious.
    — David G. Allan, CNN, 26 Mar. 2020
  • In such a case, the question also would arise as to whether the victims willingly agreed to a contract with Apple in which Apple disclaims liability.
    — Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2014
  • These were quite stunning recollections, given that the deputy director had previously disclaimed any knowledge about the source of the leak.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 15 Feb. 2020
  • This approach is aimed at letting Trump have his nativist cake and eat it, too, while disclaiming responsibility for kids in cages, alone or with their parents.
    — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 20 June 2018
  • Enter the surcharge, which the D.C. attorney general’s office required restaurants to disclaim clearly on menus and checks — though not every diner is reading a menu’s fine print.
    — Zoe Glasser, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • When Tom Harkin disclaimed a juror’s role at the Clinton trial, his purpose was not to affect the outcome of the case, but rather to underscore the full scope of the Senate’s decision-making responsibility.
    — Steven Lubet, The Conversation, 16 Dec. 2019
  • But Ford, unlike Pence, could credibly disclaim complicity in the controversies that brought Nixon down.
    — Brian Beutler, New Republic, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Another, called the Deepfake Accountability Act, would require all deepfakes to be disclaimed as such and impose criminal penalties for those that aren’t.
    — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The social media company then has a choice: Take action, or disclaim responsibility for the content.
    — Will Oremus, Slate Magazine, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Although Apple does not disclaim what changed with this build – or the previous one – the company released an update to tune the unwanted tracking sound earlier this year to let people locate an unknown AirTag around them.
    — José Adorno, BGR, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The prosecutors, in their memo on Wednesday, noted that Mr. Weiner was not blaming the victim or disclaiming responsibility for his crime.
    — Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The Copyright Office requested that Allen disclaim the portions of the image created by Midjourney to qualify for copyright protection.
    — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Hogsett defended his record, disclaiming responsibility for the rise in homicides.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The Company disclaims any intention to, and undertakes no obligation to, revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, a future event, or otherwise.
    — Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
  • Those responsible for the sale of data and guns both disclaim responsibility for the dangerous uses to which these goods are put, though both are profitable precisely because of those dangerous activities.
    — Priya Satia, The New Republic, 10 May 2018
  • The company disclaims any intention or obligation, except to the extent required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
    — Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Billboard and Platform disclaim all liability arising from or relating to the Digital Collectible.
    — T.m. Brown, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2022
  • For many years, the almost universal reaction among European Muslims to the rising tide of jihadi violence has been to disclaim any responsibility on the part of Islam and the Islamic community.
    — Peter Ford, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2017
  • Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2024
  • Thus, like Vermeule, Smith’s argument must be that the natural law requires that the people retain the ability to manifest their constitution-making power through custom and forbids them to disclaim that ability in the context of a specific society.
    — J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
  • While it may have been intended to serve as a warning, Euphoria often feels more like an instructional tutorial or a roadmap, one that sensationalizes its subject matter while neglecting to fully disclaim its risks and hazards.
    — Samuel Getachew, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2022

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