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or cancelling
1
as in abandoning
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 abolishing
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 deleting
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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 erasing
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 canceling
This step includes canceling the student picture day scheduled for Thursday at Hilbert Elementary, a school in Wayne County's Redford Township that enrolls students pre-K through grade 6.
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Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
The host handed me a blindfold and Bose noise-canceling headphones, playing the hypnotic sounds of a space drum with birds chirping in the distance.
—Shelby Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
The arrangement also creates a force-cancelling effect, where the push and pull of waves on different parts of the string balance each other, reducing strain on the mooring system and keeping the overall structure lighter and more cost-effective.
—New Atlas, 17 Feb. 2026
Texas played twice because a line of storms swept across the Austin area Saturday, postponing a second game against Ohio State and canceling a second game against Syracuse.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026
On sale for a whopping 90 percent off, these noise-cancelling headphones are a no-brainer to add to your cart for just $30.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2026
Kyiv has received intense criticism for canceling presidential elections since the war broke out in 2022, by declaring martial law.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 14 Feb. 2026
Those, and other comments, had surprised some onlookers, and led to author Arundhati Roy cancelling her visit to the festival and penning a stinging rebuke.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2026
But that figure is the equivalent of canceling Art Basel for seven years.
—Vinod Sreeharsha
february 5, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
The host handed me a blindfold and Bose noise-canceling headphones, playing the hypnotic sounds of a space drum with birds chirping in the distance.
—Shelby Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
The arrangement also creates a force-cancelling effect, where the push and pull of waves on different parts of the string balance each other, reducing strain on the mooring system and keeping the overall structure lighter and more cost-effective.
—New Atlas, 17 Feb. 2026
Texas played twice because a line of storms swept across the Austin area Saturday, postponing a second game against Ohio State and canceling a second game against Syracuse.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026
On sale for a whopping 90 percent off, these noise-cancelling headphones are a no-brainer to add to your cart for just $30.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2026
Kyiv has received intense criticism for canceling presidential elections since the war broke out in 2022, by declaring martial law.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 14 Feb. 2026
Those, and other comments, had surprised some onlookers, and led to author Arundhati Roy cancelling her visit to the festival and penning a stinging rebuke.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2026
But that figure is the equivalent of canceling Art Basel for seven years.
—Vinod Sreeharsha
february 5, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canceling
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So much so that by June 1870, Rillet filed a trademark injunction with the New York Supreme Court, trying to stop a competitor who had borrowed the name while abandoning the process.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, resilience isn’t about abandoning them to fend for themselves, either—instead parents should strive to strike a balance between the two extremes.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Parents,
17 Feb. 2026
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Success will be measured by progress toward abolishing property taxes, restoring public trust, improving infrastructure reliability, reducing corruption, and overall approval from the people of Texas.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Authoritarian states have learned to insulate themselves from diaspora pressure while simultaneously using emigration as a safety valve, turning potential dissidents into remittance-senders – as Cuba did by abolishing exit visas in 2013.—
Michael Paarlberg,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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Prosecutors, though, scoffed at a defense motion that accused Villarroel of deleting the footage, arguing that this was pure speculation and that the missing footage hurt prosecutors more than the defense.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The solution is not deleting your accounts.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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In other markets, gold’s price slumped briefly after the ruling before erasing its loss.—
Stan Choe,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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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,
20 Feb. 2026
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Davies said the 2007 date Wexner cited in 2019 applied to firing Epstein as financial adviser, revoking his power of attorney and removing his name from Wexner’s bank accounts.—
Julie Carr Smyth,
Fortune,
18 Feb. 2026
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This includes revoking any permit filed for a detention center.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Funding public schools and repealing the voucher law.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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The proposals, released this week and which would go into effect in 2027, prioritize making ACA premiums as low as possible — by expanding bare-bones coverage, allowing insurers to skip creating networks of hospitals and doctors, and repealing standardized plan options.—
Bob Herman,
STAT,
11 Feb. 2026
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Yet Aii has struggled to achieve more than a handful of percentage points of its goal of eradicating 100 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions by the decade’s end.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
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The very first big project the foundation took on was eradicating hookworm in the American South.—
Christopher DiLella,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2026
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Her behavior led to the pilots aborting takeoff.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
2 Jan. 2026
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An investigation by the Spanish outlet La Marea uncovered contracts that restricted women’s movements during pregnancy, including clauses prohibiting travel abroad or aborting the fetus.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Canceling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canceling. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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