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Brexit
[ breg-zit, brek-sit ]
noun
- the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from membership in the European Union.
- the nonbinding national referendum in 2016 that resulted in a vote for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Brexit1
First recorded in 2012; (originally also spelled Brixit , referencing Britain's possible withdrawal); Br(itain) ( def ) or Br(itish) ( def ) + exit 1( def ); probably patterned on Grexit ( def ), which dates from earlier that year
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Example Sentences
With the acceleration of cross-border e-commerce and macro events like Brexit, that customer profile is evidently expanding.
From TechCrunch
Analysis of the 2016 Brexit vote shows that those who most strongly think of themselves as English went against staying with the EU.
From Nautilus
Throughout the talks, Johnson and other Brexit hardliners insisted that “no deal” was better than “a bad deal.”
From Fortune
We’d already seen an increase in demand because of the Brexit deadline but there’s plenty of spare capacity.
From Fortune
That’s despite little to no progress on stimulus negotiations in Washington, or on Brexit trade talks in Europe.
From Fortune
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