How to Use repeal in a Sentence

repeal

verb

• The House proposed repealing it this year in House Bill 1199.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
• One of the questions listed on the school’s FAQ page about the cuts asks if the decision can be repealed or reversed.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• In the five years after permit-to-purchase was repealed, the murder rate rose 14%, one study found.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 8 May 2023
• Texas Democrats have tried to repeal the law every session since the Supreme Court’s ruling.
  — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
• The two men have been pushing to repeal the measures for several years.
  — Mary Clare Jalonick, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2023
• But while some Democrats who were among the law’s critics are now in power, efforts to repeal or revise the law have yet to move forward.
  — Anna Clark, ProPublica, 11 July 2023
• Trump’s push to repeal the Affordable Care Act was a key promise of his 2016 campaign.
  — Sara Dorn, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• As the challenges dragged on and led to a slew of different rulings, the Trump-era EPA repealed the rule and in 2019 created a new, weaker rule.
  — Ann E. Marimow, Timothy Puko and Robert Barnes, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
• Its real purpose was to repeal the two-thirds vote requirement for the state budget.
  — Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• Romney had promised in 2012 to repeal Obamacare, only to take credit for it three years later.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
• The question on the ballot is worded to ask if voters would like to repeal the existing sales tax and replace it with a new one that would last for 40 years.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
• Oh, and repeal the biggest expansion of health care in half a century.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 10 July 2023
• Advertisement All are measures Vox has vowed to try to repeal.
  — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
• But some e-cigarette shops, like J Well Belleville in the east of Paris, expect the ban to be partially or totally repealed.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2023
• Members of the coalition underscored that their goal was not to be classified as an event but to have the freedom to ride up and down a public street, but the city would not repeal its ban.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2023
• Due to the policy’s adverse consequences, it was repealed in 1995.
  — Wayne Winegarden, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Councilmember Marcus Bush said that repealing the cruising ban was not just about being free to take a person’s ride up and down a city street.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
• President Joe Biden on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have repealed his plan to forgive student debt.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 June 2023
• In addition to efforts to repeal the IRA, there’s been confusion about the tax incentives.
  — Allyson Finch Wilson, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2023
• And new obstacles emerged as a bloc of Midwestern lawmakers raised concerns about a measure in the bill that would repeal ethanol tax credits.
  — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• Now, a ballot group led by Mathias and Phillip Izon seeks to repeal the new method and revert to Alaska’s previous voting system.
  — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
• The ordinance drew criticism, and it was later repealed.
  — Ralph Chapoco, al, 5 June 2023
• The pink tax wasn’t repealed during the pandemic; women still pay more than men, on average, for clothes, makeup, accessories, and so on.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2023
• In that context, repealing excise taxes — or any taxes, for that matter — was simply a pipe dream.
  — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• In sum, the first step in restoring California’s insurance markets to a solid basis is to repeal Prop. 103.
  — John Seiler, Orange County Register, 20 Mar. 2024
• Parliament repeatedly backed down and repealed most of the taxes.
  — The Editors, National Review, 16 Dec. 2023
• Spencer, Monteiro and Lyons would support pausing or repealing the gas tax, a move Democrats in Sacramento have rejected to date.
  — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
• The Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to repeal regulations published in the last 60 days, is one way to do that.
  — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2023
• Lawmakers repealed a 72-year-old ban on self-serve gas, and will soon allow drivers throughout the state to fill up their own gas tanks, instead of waiting for an attendant.
  — oregonlive, 29 June 2023
• One of the most revealing debates in the Republican Party is one that has disappeared from the campaign trail: the fight over repealing Obamacare.
  — Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024