Examples of rescission in a Sentence
the judge ruled that the town's rescission of the contract was justified due the contractor's repeated failures to meet its obligations
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The memo, which the administration plans to send to Congress on April 28, will initiate a 45-day period in which the House and Senate can either approve the rescission or allow the money to be restored.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
The proposal — known as a rescission package — would codify cuts identified by President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
Notably, there isn’t even a rescission package in play as an offset of sorts, as Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) had suggested.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
The same rescission notice mentions another Biden-era rule that established stronger protections against drilling in the Western Arctic.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2025
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
The proposal — known as a rescission package — would codify cuts identified by President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
Notably, there isn’t even a rescission package in play as an offset of sorts, as Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) had suggested.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
The same rescission notice mentions another Biden-era rule that established stronger protections against drilling in the Western Arctic.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Rescission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rescission. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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rescission
noun
re·scis·sion
ri-ˈsizh-ən 
: an act of rescinding
Legal Definition
rescission
noun
re·scis·sion
ri-ˈsi-zhən
: the act, process, or fact of rescinding especially a contract
specifically
: the equitable judicial remedy of rescinding a contract in a suit brought by one of the parties compare reformation
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