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as in called
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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as in repealed
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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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
So the cash was gone, the credit and debit cards cancelled, and no one had ever cared about the pens or the Polaroid of Andrés.
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Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Cal Poly canceled the final three games of the 1960.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2025
The White House was told by ABC that his show was canceled!
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
In 2024, the comp committee canceled 300,000 stock options subject to the $400 hurdle and modified the criterion for 550,000 stock options subject to the $350 hurdle to require that Corpay hit a closing stock price at or above $350 for at least three trading days by the end of 2024.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Future Ruins, the inaugural film-music festival run by Oscar-winning duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, has been canceled.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2025
Two weeks later, the grant was canceled.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Robinson's brother said Robinson also planned to visit his sister's wedding in a week, but that ceremony has been canceled and a funeral will be held instead, according to Fox 6 Milwaukee.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Classes were scheduled to continue at the school as normal in the immediate days following the shooting, but a parent-teacher conference that was planned was canceled.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Cal Poly canceled the final three games of the 1960.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2025
The White House was told by ABC that his show was canceled!
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
In 2024, the comp committee canceled 300,000 stock options subject to the $400 hurdle and modified the criterion for 550,000 stock options subject to the $350 hurdle to require that Corpay hit a closing stock price at or above $350 for at least three trading days by the end of 2024.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Future Ruins, the inaugural film-music festival run by Oscar-winning duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, has been canceled.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2025
Two weeks later, the grant was canceled.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Robinson's brother said Robinson also planned to visit his sister's wedding in a week, but that ceremony has been canceled and a funeral will be held instead, according to Fox 6 Milwaukee.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Classes were scheduled to continue at the school as normal in the immediate days following the shooting, but a parent-teacher conference that was planned was canceled.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canceled
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The divisions included endurance and sports race cars, supercars, flat track motorcycles, sprint cars, drift cars, vintage IndyCars, NASCAR, ASF Cup cars (American Speed Festival) and a new group called LROC (Ladies Race of Champions).—
Keenan Thompson,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Right tackle Trey Pipkins III was called for holding.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Some of the laws lapsed and were never renewed, some were repealed, and judges struck down others as violations of the First Amendment.—
Time,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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And in 1987, under President Ronald Reagan, the FCC itself repealed the Fairness Doctrine, concluding that the rule was both unnecessary and a threat to free speech.—
John Eger,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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There is no mechanism for recovering data once it has been deleted, Flock Safety states on its website.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Hackers who stole the data of more than 8,000 children including photos, addresses and names and published some of the information on the dark web have removed the posts online and claim to have deleted the information, according to UK media reports.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Mariners erased an 8-1 Toronto lead in Game 2 to complete a sweep, celebrating the comeback by locking arms around the pitcher’s mound.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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What’s being erased are actual historical facts.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Sep. 2025
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His Tennessee driver’s license has also been revoked.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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In April, more than 4,700 international students across the country had their immigration status revoked before it was unexpectedly restored weeks later.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
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In December 2024, a Dane County judge overturned the law but placed his ruling on hold, keeping the law in effect for now.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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But an appeals court overturned that decision in late 2023, allowing Eldin to proceed again.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Complicating matters for all the island’s inhabitants, in January 1793 the French revolutionaries, who had abolished the monarchy to create a republic, executed King Louis XVI and then declared war on Great Britain and Spain.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Two years later, the monarchy was abolished, and Nepal, the world’s sole Hindu kingdom, proclaimed itself a secular republic.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Moonshot wanderlust initially kicked into high gear after Elon Musk’s groundbreaking 2017 award from Tesla, once valued as high as $56 billion before it was twice rescinded owing to a legal challenge.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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Although both sides said the right things publicly, a breakup between Williams and the Hornets was inevitable after the trade to the Los Angeles Lakers in February got rescinded, and Williams acknowledged as much during his media day session in Phoenix.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Canceled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canceled. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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