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Recent Examples of abdication
The only definite thing is that an abdication would be a significant departure from all tradition.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Critics of the bill saw the presidents' failure to speak out, while hundreds of students and faculty did, as an abdication of responsibility.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
Given Congress’s abdication of its constitutional role, the courts remain the best immediate vehicle for combatting Trump’s excesses.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
Pahlavi’s speech on Tuesday was perhaps his boldest assertion of authority since the abdication of his father.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 June 2025
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Critics of the bill saw the presidents' failure to speak out, while hundreds of students and faculty did, as an abdication of responsibility.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
Given Congress’s abdication of its constitutional role, the courts remain the best immediate vehicle for combatting Trump’s excesses.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
Pahlavi’s speech on Tuesday was perhaps his boldest assertion of authority since the abdication of his father.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abdication
Noun
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For many of us, the default option in our retirement accounts is a target date fund, many of which invest in GEO Group and other for-profit prison companies.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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First developed in the late 1970s as an alternative to pensions, which require employers to guarantee retirement payments, 401(k) accounts were designed to be like piggy banks.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Werfel subsequently announced his resignation, effective January 20, 2025.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Kapusta resigned the day after the investigation commenced, and her resignation was accepted with prejudice, barring her from future employment with the Department of Corrections or any other entity that falls under the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Hall said.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Hoever’s departure from the first-team picture was far from ordinary.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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McMullen’s departure has also come up in another lawsuit against Kroger.—
Alexander Coolidge,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Abdication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abdication. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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