cancels

present tense third-person singular of cancel
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of cancels Miami cancels school, orders state of emergency About 10 minutes to the west, the community of Miami was also recovering from intense flooding. Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025 After her family cancels holiday plans at the last minute, Nell decides to spend the week of Christmas having fun on her own! Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025 The Federal Emergency Management Agency cancels National Fire Training Academy classes. Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025 SpaceX cancels a launch to bring astronauts home. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025 Imagine a friend cancels plans at the last minute. Mark Travers, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 Or use a site like Campnab to snag a campsite when someone cancels. Maya Silver, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2025 Every now and then, one of the world's greatest opera singers cancels an appearance at the last minute. Ew Staff, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025 The program's terms explain that the airline views the monthly pass as a 30-day period, and automatically renews unless the passholder cancels the pass by midnight Mountain Time on the final day of the pass's month. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancels
Verb
  • Miami had a relatively balanced offense in the first two years, but the offense has lost its big-play bite, and consistently abandons the run.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Some of them are barely recipes at all; sometimes Nosrat abandons the form entirely.
    Dan Kois, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, this measure abolishes them.
    Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In contrast, lossy audio is a compressed file format that deletes some of the original audio information.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • BuzzFeed deletes the post and makes an attempt at an apology that gets deleted quickly.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This pledge erases dissenting Israeli voices, legitimizes falsehoods, and shields Hamas from blame.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But how often can the Pats bank on Drake Maye enjoying the best start of his career, while Antonio Gibson erases a Dolphins punt return touchdown with his own return touchdown on the next play?
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Missouri isn’t a state that automatically revokes a police license when an officer is convicted of a serious crime.
    Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Termination can occur immediately if the NBPA suspends or revokes an agent’s certification, but Turner capably performed his duties.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The House spending bill would use that power as a cudgel, halting congressional approval of FASB’s budget (see page 108) until the accounting agency repeals its new disclosure rules.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Bonacini wants gold — a sterilizing cure that eradicates every trace of the virus and cannot return.
    Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As long as Lagway avoids turnovers, the Gators will have a chance in the fourth quarter to steal a big SEC win.
    Matt Hayes, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Supporting Jones with a stingy defense and a run-heavy offense that ensures balance and avoids placing too much pressure on the quarterback’s shoulders, Steichen has the Colts atop the AFC South standings with a 3-1 record.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Cancels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancels. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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