as in exemption
a document containing a declaration of an intentional giving up of a right, claim, or privilege
before the hospital will treat you, you have to sign a waiver in which you give up your right to sue
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Trump received five draft deferments during the Vietnam War—four for education and a fifth medical waiver for bone spurs in his heels after graduation in 1968.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Currently, people of a certain age and residency requirements can qualify for a waiver to do the citizenship test and interview in their native language.
—Fernanda Figueroa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
But as of Thursday, all of Alight's U.S. contracts have been canceled going forward, even contracts related to those programs that had received waivers to continue in the last few weeks.
—Maryalice Parks, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2025
The judge cited testimony that no such waiver system yet existed.
—Farai Mutsaka and Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Currently, people of a certain age and residency requirements can qualify for a waiver to do the citizenship test and interview in their native language.
—Fernanda Figueroa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
But as of Thursday, all of Alight's U.S. contracts have been canceled going forward, even contracts related to those programs that had received waivers to continue in the last few weeks.
—Maryalice Parks, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2025
The judge cited testimony that no such waiver system yet existed.
—Farai Mutsaka and Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Waiver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waiver. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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