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Recent Examples of cancellation California environmental groups reel from EPA grant cancellations. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025 The shortage of controllers and technical breakdowns came to the forefront in recent weeks when a radar system briefly failed at the Newark, New Jersey, airport, leading to a wave of flight cancellations and delays. Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025 The airport reported dozens of cancellations and hundreds of delays Tuesday, after hundreds of flights were impacted Monday and over the weekend. Nick Caloway, CBS News, 7 May 2025 Regular soldiers were pushed aside (this also included Battlefront 3's cancellation), while 'power fantasy' characters like Starkiller were brought to the forefront again. Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cancellation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancellation
Noun
  • Volunteers advocate for children who have been removed from their home from either abuse, abandonment or neglect.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
  • The children’s parents — identified as a 53-year-old German man and his 48-year-old American wife, who also owned a German passport — were arrested and charged with domestic violence with habitual psychological abuse and child abandonment, according to police, per ABC.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Following the faith’s core beliefs in nonviolence and justice, Quakers have demonstrated for the abolition of slavery, in favor of the suffrage movement, against both World Wars, and the U.S. roles in the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan, said Ross Brubeck, 38, one of the Quaker march organizers.
    Luis Andres Henao, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
  • Last month, Musk took to his social media platform X to seemingly express support for the abolition of intellectual property laws.
    Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • His ruling, stopping the TPS revocation while the lawsuit plays out in his court, was a blow to the Trump administration.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
  • In practical terms, a sudden revocation of a nonprofit’s status would instantly derail PSLF credit for its employees through no fault of their own.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Many sailors initially headed for Norway’s northern ports, which were close to an early counteroffensive brought to an end by the fall of France and the Allied withdrawal.
    Heather Farmbrough, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • The complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts comes in response to a Jan. 20 executive order by President Donald Trump that issued a temporary withdrawal of all areas on the outer Continental Shelf from offshore wind leasing.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Following the notification of its grant rescission, Elev8 said it was forced to cut its internal team in half, and reduce its programming by 30%.
    Mathew Schumer, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025
  • Jeanette Bailey, director of nutrition research at the IRC, says the rescue organization has received contract terminations from the U.S. government for more than a dozen nutrition programs, though some have subsequently received rescission letters.
    Marc Silver, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Trade Truce Helped The Market Rally On Monday, the White House announced a 90-day suspension on new tariffs targeting Chinese imports.
    Adam Sarhan, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • Related Stories Despite the public show of strength, Carney’s government has implemented a suspension of duties for six months, as well as exemptions, that Oxford’s Stillo said bring the tariff rate on U.S. goods and services effectively down to zero (0.4 percent, to be exact).
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • However, most accounting contracts include termination clauses that allow businesses to switch if their needs are not being met.
    Loran Armstrong, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • Charles resigned on Wednesday, just prior to when his termination hearing was set to begin, district officials said.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • When cracks did appear in Edmonton during the regular season, general manager Stan Bowman found workarounds (like claiming Kasperi Kapanen on waivers) and resisted a recall for Savoie.
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • According to an enforcement report published by the FDA, Wells Enterprises, which produces Wells Dairy products, issued a voluntary recall of 22 flavors of frozen desserts in their portfolio.
    Chris Barilla, People.com, 16 May 2025

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“Cancellation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancellation. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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