abrogation

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Recent Examples of abrogation To normies, this abrogation of procedure and consensus is the route to a shitty, substandard building. Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026 Mohammad Ayub Khan’s abrogation of Pakistan’s 1956 constitution that had given East Pakistan an equal share in the National Assembly. Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026 Since the abrogation of the gold standard, the metallists are forced to accept the chartalist position. Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • Once free, Jennings served the abolition movement, wrote the first White House memoir, and witnessed his sons fight with the Union Army in the Civil War.
    Melia Patria, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • In those days, there were divinity-school students from Yale, Andover, and Amherst preaching abolition and establishing schools throughout the frontier.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • The loss of those credits, combined with the administration’s repeal of tailpipe emissions rules, will significantly slow EV uptake in the US, Energy Innovation projects.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • For defenders, a subsidy regime this complex is vulnerable not only to broad repeal, but to administrative friction.
    Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

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“Abrogation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abrogation. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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