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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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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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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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
Both airlines are allowing travelers to change or cancel affected trips without penalty.
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Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Eight flights have been canceled at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on Saturday.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Nov. 2025
An announcement canceling the tour came about 12 hours after his release from jail.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2025
Ariana Grande was forced to cancel her appearance at Brazil’s world premiere of Wicked: For Good due to flight delays.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
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Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Eight flights have been canceled at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on Saturday.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Nov. 2025
An announcement canceling the tour came about 12 hours after his release from jail.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2025
Ariana Grande was forced to cancel her appearance at Brazil’s world premiere of Wicked: For Good due to flight delays.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancel
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His car was later found abandoned, and authorities began searching the area.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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To garrison those vulnerable treasure houses, Britain had to reassign regiments from tours of duty in North America and abandon Philadelphia, the biggest prize the redcoats had taken so far.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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For more than 100 years, enslaved people lived and labored in the colonies, but after the Revolutionary War, northern states eventually abolished most forms of enslavement by the early 1800s, led by Vermont in 1777.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Trump has spent the last week-plus pressuring Republicans to abolish the filibuster to end the government shutdown, now the longest in history, through a simple majority vote in the Senate.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Nov. 2025
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kardashian actually deleted an earlier version of the post but then put it back up.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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Baldoni's lawyers later claimed in a letter to Judge Lewis Liman that Lively previously requested for Swift to delete the women's text messages.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The drop in SoftBank shares has erased nearly $50 billion in market cap over two days.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 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,
5 Nov. 2025
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In 2018, Klingler was charged with driving while his license was suspended or revoked.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
11 Nov. 2025
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Immigration officials accused him only of overstaying his visa after it was revoked without prior notice, and no criminal or security allegations were filed.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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The courthouse is named after Osvaldo Soto, a Cuban-American lawyer who led the fight in the 1980s to repeal the county’s English-only ordinance that, among other things, stopped clerks from conducting courthouse weddings in Spanish.—
Douglas Hanks
November 10,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Boise City Council plans to repeal the city ordinance that allows a disorderly conduct misdemeanor charge for loitering on private property, according to a settlement agreement obtained by the Idaho Statesman.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Nov. 2025
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His replacement, Nuno Espirito Santo, is another pragmatist, but West Ham’s performances had been so muddled as to eradicate hope, the nadir being a 2-0 home defeat by Brentford in which the hosts, despite the cost of their squad, already resembled a Championship team.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Organizers are unrolling multiple methods for eradicating these issues in 2026.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
10 Nov. 2025
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Another approach on two ladders was also aborted, and a drone was sent up in their stead.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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This prompted the Southwest pilot to abort the landing.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Cancel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancel. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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