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as in to repeal
to put an end to by formal action
the U.S. abolished slavery by constitutional amendment on December 6, 1865
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as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
if only there were a way that we could abolish hatred and intolerance
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Whereas opposition parties favored cutting or abolishing it, the ruling coalition of the LDP and Komeito—concerned that such a move would spook financial markets—instead offered one-time cash payments of roughly $140 per person to defray the cost of living.
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Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Enter California’s hyper-partisan Attorney General Rob Bonta, who has just issued a deceptive ballot label for Proposition 50, the measure seeking to abolish the congressional district maps prepared by the Independent Redistricting Commission.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
Preseason polls are, at best, educated guesses, and there are perennial calls to abolish them altogether.
—Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Illinois, however, made history the same year, becoming the first state to abolish cash bail altogether, after the state’s Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a law that would abolish it.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
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Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Enter California’s hyper-partisan Attorney General Rob Bonta, who has just issued a deceptive ballot label for Proposition 50, the measure seeking to abolish the congressional district maps prepared by the Independent Redistricting Commission.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
Preseason polls are, at best, educated guesses, and there are perennial calls to abolish them altogether.
—Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Illinois, however, made history the same year, becoming the first state to abolish cash bail altogether, after the state’s Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a law that would abolish it.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
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As Democrats weigh what to seek in exchange for agreeing to a GOP government funding plan, party leaders are publicly urging Republicans to repeal their future Medicaid cuts.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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That means those rules would not be repealed for this school year, which has already begun.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Taking the time to invest in people-centric practices in your workplace and eradicate old norms that are no longer serving us is a critical skill of 21st-century leaders.—
Ellen Whitlock Baker,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Now with the barriers to entry to publishing information largely eradicated by social media and technology, such alliances may not be as immediately essential.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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In the last few years, Beyoncé, Pink, and Noah Kahan, among others, have had concerts canceled or delayed by extreme lightning, rain, or wildfire smoke.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
6 Sep. 2025
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On social media, Marquette announced that all athletic events for the weekend would be canceled, and a special mass for the school community was held on Saturday afternoon.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Total job growth was revised lower by the largest amount in history, The revisions erased 911 thousand jobs over the full year period, adding to mounting concerns of a weakening labor market and fueling questions as to the reliability of monthly data being used to gauge employment.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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An outside hearing examiner overturned the December dismissal of Matthew Krueger, saying there was no cause to support any disciplinary action, according to a Facebook post by the Fort Worth Police Officers Association.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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The administration contends the law is unconstitutional, asserting an expansive view of presidential power that could prompt the Supreme Court to overturn what remains of its 90-year-old precedent upholding such removal protections.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
8 Sep. 2025
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Acosta allowed it, and IMG destroyed them.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Later, Howard calls Matt and agrees to cut the sequence but also threatens to destroy him.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Abolish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abolish. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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