How to Use deaccession in a Sentence

deaccession

verb

• Each institution contacted is offered the choice to repurchase or deaccession its jar.
  — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
• In 2019, the DX abruptly closed its permanent collection, and curators were charged with deaccessioning its objects.
  — Allison Marsh, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2026
• The painting was acquired by a private collector in 1995 after the Hilma af Klint Foundation deaccessioned the artwork.
  — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
• British officials, meanwhile, have cited the British Museum Act 1963, which prohibits the museum from deaccessioning objects in its collection, as justification for retaining the sculptures.
  — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
• British officials continue to reference the British Museum Act 1963, which prohibits deaccessioning items from its collection, as justification for holding onto the ancient artifacts.
  — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026