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1
as in scrapped
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 abolished
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 deleted
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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 erased
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 canceled
Festivals canceled The Durag Fest isn’t alone in taking a break this year.
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Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2026
At the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), $588 million in drug research grants were cancelled and 1,200 related personnel laid off.
—Charles Lebaron, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
Once the facilities, known as the Santa Ynez unit and the Las Flores Pipeline system, were shut down after the 2015 oil spill, the pipelines' previous owner cancelled the tariffs with FERC.
—Molly McCrea, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Afterward, Rubio apparently described his intransigence to Trump, and the summit was quickly cancelled.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
If a host couldn’t make that connection, their show was canceled.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
Last Thursday’s game at the United Center was canceled because of condensation on the floor.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
Both spacewalks werte canceled due to the medical issue with one of the Crew-11 astronauts.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 12 Jan. 2026
More than 4,800 flights have been canceled across the nation since the Federal Aviation Administration began restricting flight capacity at 40 major airports on Friday due to the ongoing government shutdown.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2026
At the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), $588 million in drug research grants were cancelled and 1,200 related personnel laid off.
—Charles Lebaron, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
Once the facilities, known as the Santa Ynez unit and the Las Flores Pipeline system, were shut down after the 2015 oil spill, the pipelines' previous owner cancelled the tariffs with FERC.
—Molly McCrea, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Afterward, Rubio apparently described his intransigence to Trump, and the summit was quickly cancelled.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
If a host couldn’t make that connection, their show was canceled.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
Last Thursday’s game at the United Center was canceled because of condensation on the floor.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
Both spacewalks werte canceled due to the medical issue with one of the Crew-11 astronauts.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 12 Jan. 2026
More than 4,800 flights have been canceled across the nation since the Federal Aviation Administration began restricting flight capacity at 40 major airports on Friday due to the ongoing government shutdown.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canceled
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As more ocean carriers appear to show an openness to returning to the Red Sea on a limited basis, Maersk reportedly scrapped a long-time fee last month for one of its container vessels that transited the Suez Canal.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Blue Bag program went ahead despite being savaged by critics for years throughout its planning stages, and was not considered a success when it was scrapped more than a dozen years later for the city's current blue cart program.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Quotas related to race and national origin were abolished.—
Anna Storti,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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In 2020, the Florida Supreme Court also abolished proportionality review, which for 50 years allowed judges to probe the circumstances of death cases to protect defendants from the random imposition of the death penalty.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
29 Dec. 2025
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Choose to either have your account deleted or managed by a contact who can post a final tribute.—
Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Not all personal information must be deleted under the law.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2025
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Gary Simmons’ Rush, housed at the Cookie Factory in Denver, is an immersive meditation on movement, memory, and what gets erased in the recording of American history.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
9 Jan. 2026
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Photograph by Stuart Palley I’m writing on the eve of the anniversary of the fires that flattened my Pacific Palisades neighborhood, all but erased the community of Altadena, and left unhealed scars across Los Angeles.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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In court, an assistant state attorney said McCoy never should have been driving, telling the judge that his license was revoked as a habitual traffic offender.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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According to state law, permits are immediately revoked if a restaurant receives a score of less than 70%.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
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The European countries that repealed their wealth taxes did so for varied reasons.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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In 2020, voters repealed the Gallagher Amendment in the state constitution, which locked in a certain ratio of residential to commercial property taxes that provided extra security for homeowners against sudden increases.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
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Investigators removed the children from Brian's home.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The move means the UAE has removed British universities from a list of higher education institutions eligible for state scholarships amid growing tensions over London's decision not to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, The Financial Times reported.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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Spider mites create webs and can be eradicated with miticide spray.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
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Just last week, a professor who taught at Harvard for 40 years slammed the school for its ideological homogeneity after finishing his last semester, saying that graduate programs were denying White male applicants on racial grounds and that Western civilization courses were being eradicated.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Canceled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canceled. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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