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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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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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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
Charges against Bailey Zimmerman have been dropped after prosecutors initially accused the country music star of causing $16,000 worth of damage to a New Mexico hotel room and canceling a concert as a result, his lawyer said.
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Peter Burditt,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Or live noise canceling on calls.
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Vinay Kuruvila,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Relief includes things like asylum, cancelling removal, or a status adjustment that allows people to extend their stay.
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Sasha Allen,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
Those decisions were blocked by lower courts, which concluded that Noem did not follow proper procedures for cancelling TPS and may have also unlawfully discriminated against the immigrants on the basis of race.
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Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
25 June 2026
The head of the European Space Agency has issued a wakeup call to decision makers amid partners cancelling missions and geopolitical changes affecting the space sector, calling for Europeans to be pilots rather than passengers.
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Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
24 June 2026
The travel tech, which features a four-stage noise-canceling system, is currently on sale this Prime Day.
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Melony Forcier,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
In the last decade or so, network TV channels have reduced their late-night talk-show lineups, most recently with CBS canceling The Late Show.
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Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2026
Boise State University observes Juneteenth as a holiday, closing university offices and canceling classes.
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Angela Rodriguez,
Idaho Statesman,
18 June 2026
Peter Burditt,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Or live noise canceling on calls.
—
Vinay Kuruvila,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Relief includes things like asylum, cancelling removal, or a status adjustment that allows people to extend their stay.
—
Sasha Allen,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
Those decisions were blocked by lower courts, which concluded that Noem did not follow proper procedures for cancelling TPS and may have also unlawfully discriminated against the immigrants on the basis of race.
—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
25 June 2026
The head of the European Space Agency has issued a wakeup call to decision makers amid partners cancelling missions and geopolitical changes affecting the space sector, calling for Europeans to be pilots rather than passengers.
—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
24 June 2026
The travel tech, which features a four-stage noise-canceling system, is currently on sale this Prime Day.
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Melony Forcier,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
In the last decade or so, network TV channels have reduced their late-night talk-show lineups, most recently with CBS canceling The Late Show.
—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2026
Boise State University observes Juneteenth as a holiday, closing university offices and canceling classes.
—
Angela Rodriguez,
Idaho Statesman,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canceling
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Now, following intense backlash from local communities, a series of lawsuits and a leadership shakeup at the Department of Homeland Security, the agency appears to be abandoning the initiative – a dramatic shift away from a plan that had already seen spending upwards of $1 billion.
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Driven by a growing panic over fast-evolving Chinese tech competitors, the old-world rivals are abandoning the tradition of corporate secrecy.
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About six months after Granger's arrival in Galveston, the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery nationwide was ratified.
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About six months after Granger’s arrival in Galveston, the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery nationwide was ratified.
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If an app starts asking for data access or input that is irrelevant to its core function, users should be educated to consider deleting it.
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Unlike a text, there’s no drafting, deleting or do-over.
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On Thursday, stocks rose on Wall Street, erasing most of their losses from a day earlier to notch weekly gains thanks to big advances for heavyweight technology companies.
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Brunson scored 45 points in the clinching Game 5, erasing a 10-point, first-quarter deficit.
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Zelensky formally responded on Saturday in a decidedly undiplomatic post on X, subtly trashing the Polish government for revoking his award while not doing so with other historical awardees that many would object to.
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The city of Monroe intends to reverse its vote on revoking the funding agreement for the controversial Interstate 77 South toll lane project.
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Council members narrowly passed the ordinance repealing the ban by a 7-5 vote, with some voting against the measure as a form of protest.
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And yet, Mamdani found time to talk about the Knicks’ playoff run, including repealing bedtime so children could watch the NBA Finals.
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This strategy was key to eradicating the pest for the first time in the 1960s.
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Some wall texts are labeled The work that remained and describe shortfalls of Obama-era policies and ambitions, such as the Affordable Care Act or eradicating nuclear weapons.
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Apollo 13 zoomed around the Moon after famously aborting its lunar landing mission.
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Just before Sunday’s collision, controllers were dealing with another plane that had declared an emergency after aborting a takeoff and smelling an odor on the plane.
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“Canceling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canceling. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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