1
as in to abandon
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it
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2
as in to abolish
to put an end to by formal action
the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice
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3
as in to delete
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
canceled the check and wrote a new one
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4
as in to erase
to destroy all traces of
it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order
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Recent Examples of cancel
This case should highlight the growing trend online of programs with recurring charges that are not always easy to cancel and confusing to gain benefits from while using.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
After her family cancels holiday plans at the last minute, Nell decides to spend the week of Christmas having fun on her own!
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
School, family call incident upsetting In a letter to parents, Kenwood High School’s principal said the alert was reviewed and canceled after officials confirmed there was no weapon.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Performances at Kansas City’s historic Folly Theater have been cancelled this weekend following an overnight break-in, theater representatives say.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
After her family cancels holiday plans at the last minute, Nell decides to spend the week of Christmas having fun on her own!
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
School, family call incident upsetting In a letter to parents, Kenwood High School’s principal said the alert was reviewed and canceled after officials confirmed there was no weapon.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Performances at Kansas City’s historic Folly Theater have been cancelled this weekend following an overnight break-in, theater representatives say.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancel
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In 2022, Fox Weather had reported that United Airlines would abandon its request for passengers to open window shades upon landing after quietly beginning to encourage it in 2020.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Weekly Newsletter Hamida’s first such meeting is with a twelve-year-old Hindu girl named Kammo, whose father abandoned her after the death of her mother.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Now abolish property taxes for us that live here.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Additionally, individual states can’t decide to abolish the practice without Congressional approval.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Nov. 2025
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Since attacks like SessionReaper can expose your personal data to criminal marketplaces, consider using a reputable data removal service that continuously scans and deletes your private information, such as your address, phone number and email, from data broker sites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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The original photo has been deleted, but has since been reshared on other social media accounts.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Such grotesque accounts are part of alternate histories that hegemonic discourse attempted to erase.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Nations weave myths out of victories and erase defeats with the promise of future triumphs.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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The administration has also detained and revoked the visas of several activists supportive of Palestinian causes.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Upon taking office later that month, former President Joe Biden moved to narrow the scope of the lease in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, placing a temporary moratorium on oil and gas activity in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and revoked the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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Vermont repealed philosophical exemptions but retained religious exemptions in 2015.—
Anthony Bald,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Seeking justice, centuries later Though the frenzy surrounding witchcraft in England faded in the decades following the Maidstone trial, and all laws criminalizing witchcraft have long since been repealed, the convictions of those women – and hundreds like them – still stand.—
James Frater,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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According to Jaworowski, the technology just doesn’t exist yet to eradicate the need for power generation that can supply energy 24 hours a day.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
4 Nov. 2025
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But those remakes are about hive-mind monsters infecting and possessing humans, who valiantly resist but fail to eradicate the threat.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Washington — The first officer of a United Express flight that ran off the end of a wet runway in Roanoke, Virginia last month tried to get the captain to abort the landing twice, investigators say.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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As the youngest of four with an alcoholic father, his family struggled so much financially that his mother wanted to abort him.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Cancel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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