abdications

plural of abdication

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Noun
  • High-profile resignations, including those of his police commissioner and multiple deputy mayors, have been accompanied by separate corruption probes.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Since then, the Adams administration has been enveloped by a series of searches and seizures from investigators, leading to the resignations of top officials, including his police commissioner, schools chancellor, multiple deputy mayors and his director of Asian affairs.
    Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The departures of Gillespie, Rice, Gapare and Young leave Maryland with a depleted roster.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2025
  • One of the key departures, without a replacement, was backup quarterback Cooper Rush.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Abdications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abdications. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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