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Recent Examples of abolition Calls for full voting rights increased after the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. Time, 12 Sep. 2025 Bolsonaro, 70, was found guilty on all five counts he was charged with — attempting to stage a coup, involvement in an armed criminal organization, attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law and two counts relating to destruction of state property. Max Rego, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025 The unrest is the worst in decades in the poor Himalayan country that is wedged between India and China and has struggled with political instability and economic uncertainty since protests led to the abolition of its monarchy in 2008. Gopal Sharma, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025 Bolsonaro is accused of attempting to stage a coup, involvement in an armed criminal organization, attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law and two counts involving destruction of state property. CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for abolition
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Noun
  • Colorado’s fee – which has survived repeal attempts – is expected to generate $5 billion in revenue over the next decade.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Hawley has continued to advocate for the full repeal of Section 230.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some artists spend their lives working through the same questions that consume them; Spielberg, for instance, has been processing the dissolution of his family for decades.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
  • During dissolution, the cellulose is chemically modified to aid the formation of a strong molecular network upon regeneration.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And that was the report that recommended the abolishment of the coroner system.
    Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Abolition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abolition. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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