How to Use revoke in a Sentence

revoke

verb
  • The judge revoked her driver's license.
  • Their work permits were revoked.
  • Their privileges were revoked after they misbehaved.
  • Collins has since had his license as a tax agent revoked.
    Michelle Toh, CNN, 26 June 2023
  • The following week, the pop duo’s Grammy award for best new artist was revoked.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The gimmick was that owners had to be macho or their cards could be revoked.
    James Bandler, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2023
  • At any time the judge can revoke the diversion and restart the criminal case.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
  • Jacob’s pilot license was revoked by the FAA in April 2022.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 12 May 2023
  • Prosecutors said his bond should be revoked and he should be sent to jail.
    Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The judge then revoked McCommon’s bond, the outlet reports.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The State of New York revoked his pistol permit, and Banyai was ordered to surrender his firearms.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The Corps then held a public hearing in May of 2022 on whether the permit should be reissued, revoked or modified.
    Steve Karnowski, ajc, 7 June 2023
  • In August, a judge ruled it as witness tampering and revoked his bail.
    Tracy Wang, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Epstein's files indicate that a passport issued to him in 2016, and valid for ten years, was revoked.
    James Hill, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The city also issued a notice of intent to revoke permits.
    Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 24 May 2023
  • Venues that repeatedly break the city’s noise law could have their permits revoked.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Findaway’s machine learning clause says rights holders can revoke that part of the agreement.
    WIRED, 14 Feb. 2023
  • But they were revoked soon after Hamas’ attacks, leaving the workers in limbo.
    Hala Gorani, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Engineers also found their access to big data, data sheets and the log system revoked, the source said.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 2 Apr. 2023
  • In a narrow 20-17 vote on Tuesday, along party lines, the Michigan Senate passed the bill to revoke the state’s right-to-work laws, sending it back to the state’s House for final approval.
    Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Chaquanda Alexander of Waukegan was charged March 5 with driving while license revoked.
    Yadira Sanchez Olson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Mixing religion and politics There have been times in the past when the IRS has revoked the tax-exempt status of bona fide churches.
    cleveland, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The suit was dropped, but Synanon could not regain public favor, closing down after the IRS revoked the group’s tax-exempt status in 1982.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
  • About a year later, due to concerns about his treatment of his mother, Rodvelt’s trustee status was revoked.
    oregonlive, 7 June 2023
  • The public backlash leads to their privileges being revoked and a transfer to more spartan digs.
    Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Her bail was also revoked in a separate case pending in Somerville District Court.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
  • And as the Trump defendants surely know, the Fulton County Jail is always an option, because bond can be revoked.
    WIRED, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The state of New York revoked Zarkadas' medical license shortly after he was sentenced to more than four years in prison for swiping the pandemic aid.
    CBS News, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The state of New York revoked Zarkadas’ medical license shortly after he was sentenced to more than four years in prison for swiping the pandemic aid.
    Richard Lardner, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Both parties agreed to the facts in a police report, but Hanley said revoking the business’ licenses over those facts was harsh.
    Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023

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