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also cancelation
1
as in repeal
the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to
bad weather forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights
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2
as in abolition
the doing away with something by formal action
a blanket cancellation of all military leave for the duration of the crisis
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Recent Examples of cancellation
Aviation and travel experts similarly expect more delays and cancellations, along with longer TSA lines, if the shutdown does not end before Thanksgiving.
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Juliana Kim, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
This spring, following a series of equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport's control facility, some air traffic control operators took time off to recover from the stress, leading to a spike in delays and cancellations at that airport.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
But cancellation patterns may be different than during storms.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Travelers should check with their airlines for potential delays, as flight cancellations are likely.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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Juliana Kim, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
This spring, following a series of equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport's control facility, some air traffic control operators took time off to recover from the stress, leading to a spike in delays and cancellations at that airport.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
But cancellation patterns may be different than during storms.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Travelers should check with their airlines for potential delays, as flight cancellations are likely.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancellation
Noun
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Democrats have refused to vote for an end to the shutdown until Republicans repeal cutbacks made this summer that would kick millions off Medicaid and end insurance subsidies set to expire at the end of the calendar year.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
4 Nov. 2025
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These partial repeals were less effective, producing smaller and less persistent increases in vaccination rates than those from total repeal.—
Anthony Bald,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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In fact, polls show a supermajority of Ohioans support the outright abolition of all property taxes.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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And an even larger proportion of the same segment of American society, even those willing to contemplate the abolition of slavery, could not imagine a post-emancipation America of racial equality as anything but a nightmare.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Mamdani’s vision of an equitable, affordable urbanity emerges as a challenge to this long history of abandonment and exclusion.—
Fahad Zuberi,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Cue, Helm’s first rejection, abandonment, difficult emotions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Theoretically, a revocation of reciprocal tariffs would boost stocks, lifting names that were especially affected by the duties.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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Grijalva and others connected that action and the revocation of clean energy incentives with the prospect of drought and drying reservoirs that could keep water from flowing to Yuma in the future.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Such an action is known as a rescission.—
JC Reindl,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Once proposed by the president, rescissions have to be voted on by both chambers of Congress to be enacted.—
Michael Liemohn,
The Conversation,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Cancellation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancellation. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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