How to Use (the right of) first refusal in a Sentence

(the right of) first refusal

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  • For the most expensive items stores what’s get right of first refusal and no more.
    — Katie Baron, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • The bank would have the right of first refusal but would have no obligation to put the mortgage loans on its books.
    — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The Bills tendered Bates at the low level of $2.433 million and that gives them only the right of first refusal.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Mould has offered first refusal of the work to the Louvre Museum in Paris.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2021
  • And the contract gives Diamond the right of first refusal if the Suns agree to another deal.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
  • And the contract gives Diamond the right of first refusal if the Suns agree to another deal.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
  • That team also has the right of first refusal on the 50-year contract to build, finance and operate the lanes.
    — Katherine Shaver, Washington Post, 17 June 2022
  • That team also has the right of first refusal on the 50-year contract to build, finance and operate the lanes.
    — Katherine Shaver, Washington Post, 17 June 2022
  • Tenants will get right of first refusal to purchase properties that go up for sale in the area.
    — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Current owners have the right of first refusal when a cottage in the co-op becomes available.
    — WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Any right of first refusal clause was news to Village officials.
    — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2023
  • That, along with the trustees defeating a lawsuit brought by the estate of team’s prior owner, Edgar Kaiser, over a right of first refusal, helped to pave the way for the sale.
    — Michael McCann, Variety, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Tenants would get right of first refusal to purchase properties that go up for sale in the area, Novara said.
    — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • When Gawa's landlord announced plans to sell, she was offered first refusal.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The team has begun designing the toll lanes at its own expense and will have the right of first refusal on a decades-long deal worth billions to build and operate them.
    — Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022
  • If the Cowboys use the transition tag on Gregory, he’d get paid $16.6 million and the Cowboys would have the right of first refusal if another team tries to sign him.
    — Dallas News, 4 Feb. 2022
  • If the Cowboys use the transition tag on Gregory, he’d get paid $16.6 million and the Cowboys would have the right of first refusal if another team tries to sign him.
    — Dallas News, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Almost all companies have a ROFR (right of first refusal) on any secondary purchase, and often the major investors do as well.
    — Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Under the new deal, A24 has the right of first refusal to develop film and TV projects based on Pushkin’s intellectual property.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 June 2022
  • Pitt's lawsuit claims that Jolie's business Nouvel owed his company Mondo Bongo the right of first refusal, and the sale infringed on that right.
    — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 8 June 2022
  • Pitt's lawsuit claimed that Jolie's business Nouvel owed his company Mondo Bongo the right of first refusal, and the sale infringed on that right.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Netflix also negotiated the right of first refusal to grab any Sony movies that bypass theaters and go straight to streaming.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2021
  • In her opinion, the advantages to each are as follows: The aisle has leg room and bathroom access, the middle gets right of first refusal to the armrests, and the window seat affords privacy and, well, the window.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Right of first refusal, under which tenants would be offered the opportunity to purchase their home, should their landlord choose to sell it.
    — Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2022
  • Amazon also locked up exclusive rights to Rivian’s commercial vans for four years, with the right of first refusal for two years after that.
    — New York Times, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Amazon also locked up exclusive rights to Rivian’s commercial vans for four years, with the right of first refusal for two years after that.
    — New York Times, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Section 42 allows for not for profits sponsors to have a right of first refusal (ROFR) to purchase the property for a bargain price at the end of the 15 year compliance period.
    — Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • The players will be scouted by other clubs and can be offered deals elsewhere, with the agreement typically allowing the host club right of first refusal.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
  • However, the agreement’s real value came in granting Transurban the right of first refusal on the 50-year contract to finance, build and operate the lanes in exchange for keeping most of the toll revenue.
    — Katherine Shaver, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2022
  • However, the agreement’s real value came in granting Transurban the right of first refusal on the 50-year contract to finance, build and operate the lanes in exchange for keeping most of the toll revenue.
    — Katherine Shaver, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2022

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