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Recent Examples of recharter
Andrew Jackson explained his veto of Congress’s bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States as being based on its unconstitutionality, even though the Supreme Court had approved Congress’s authority to so act years earlier.
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Jeannie Suk Gersen,
The New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2023
But their grip on the banking system soon succumbed to populist challenges, culminating in the failure, in 1832, of the attempt to recharter the federal government’s nationwide Bank of the United States.
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Charles W. Calomiris,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Oct. 2013
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
The New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2023
But their grip on the banking system soon succumbed to populist challenges, culminating in the failure, in 1832, of the attempt to recharter the federal government’s nationwide Bank of the United States.
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Charles W. Calomiris,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Oct. 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recharter
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The late 1800s saw the rise of land‑grant universities, chartered to make education accessible to the working class while advancing research and public service.
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The Boeing 727 was sold to a Malaysian company that chartered it for VIP transport for a few years, before the aircraft was scrapped.
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The Iranians, however, are cashing in immediately via selling their oil, which had been sanctioned.
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As girls’ flag football surges and flag readies for a starring role at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, state officials brace for a broader debate over sanctioning boys’ flag statewide.
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The board is expected to discuss the extreme measures Tuesday, Feb. 17. LAUSD employs more than 83,000 people, including teachers, administrators, certificated support personnel and substitutes, according to June 2025 data.
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Trustees at the Ramona Unified School District voted unanimously Thursday to send layoff notices to 12 classified and certificated staff members and keep 28 vacant positions unfilled as a way to balance the budget.
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Recipients must recertify regularly to maintain eligibility.
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Minnesota has pushed back on calls to cooperate with the Trump administration on fraud, instead bringing a lawsuit against the government, arguing that requests to recertify thousands of SNAP households through in-person interviews are unreasonable.
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On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors ratified a local emergency proclamation as well to expand community support, environmental monitoring and business recovery assistance.
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Although women’s suffrage became the law of the land in 1920, the Equal Rights Amendment was never ratified.
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The biggest near-term catalyst for the cryptocurrency industry could be the CLARITY Act, which would lay out regulatory guidelines and help legitimize the crypto industry.
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Ng’s presence, first as an adviser and starting last season as commissioner, is helping legitimize the new league.
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Wilkins addressed the criticism in a post on X, saying she wasn't being paid, that taxpayers aren't footing the bill for the event, and that her years in the country music industry validate her invitation to participate.
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Wright’s explicit aim is not to bring readers into Buddhism as a religion, but to argue that its core psychological insights — particularly around suffering and perception — are validated by evolutionary biology and modern science.
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The bill does not establish mechanisms to address the provider shortage, though Oz has previously said that all states will have to revalidate all of their providers, which has led to months of disruption in Minnesota.
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The Minnesota Department of Human Services set out to revalidate thousands of providers in programs deemed high risk for fraud by asking providers to submit verification paperwork and making unannounced site visits.
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“Recharter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recharter. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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