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as in to cancel
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
the company called the furniture store to repeal the order for six new desks
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as in to abolish
to put an end to by formal action
in 1933, Congress passed the 21st Amendment which repealed the Prohibition Amendment of 1919, thus making the sale, distribution, and use of alcohol legal once again
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as in to withdraw
to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)
if I find that you have been lying about this, I'll instantly repeal every promise I made to you
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as in cancelation
the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to
the long overdue repeal of laws prohibiting interracial marriage
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as in abolition
the doing away with something by formal action
the repeal of Prohibition during Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term
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Recent Examples of repeal
Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025
As has been the case at almost every point during the last five years, there is currently a bill pending before Congress that would repeal the provision in its entirety.
—Mary Katharine Ham, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump pledged to gut IRA funding on the campaign trail, and Republicans voted more than 50 times in the House of Representatives to repeal parts of the law.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025
The program also receives about 5% of its revenue from interest generated by its trust funds and about 4% of its revenue from the tax that Trump wants to repeal.
—Dennis W. Jansen, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
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The decisions are the start of what's expected to be a yearslong effort to repeal or revise dozens of environmental rules, much to the dismay of climate experts and advocates.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025
As has been the case at almost every point during the last five years, there is currently a bill pending before Congress that would repeal the provision in its entirety.
—Mary Katharine Ham, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump pledged to gut IRA funding on the campaign trail, and Republicans voted more than 50 times in the House of Representatives to repeal parts of the law.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025
The program also receives about 5% of its revenue from interest generated by its trust funds and about 4% of its revenue from the tax that Trump wants to repeal.
—Dennis W. Jansen, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repeal
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Trump skipped three times during his last presidency (the 2020 affair was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic).—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington amid a shift in priorities and the ousting of leadership at one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions.—
Ashraf Khalil,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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The most recent collective bargaining agreement, signed by the players and the league, abolished the college draft and opened the door for every new player to enter the league as a free agent.—
Meg Linehan,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Others, like the Cato Institute, go one step further and suggest FEMA be abolished entirely, replaced by market solutions and state compacts.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Rather than a gradual strengthening of local capacity as a way of reimagining how the global development industry operates, the Trump administration’s proposals simply withdraw federal support.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Receiver Ny Carr, who entered the transfer portal a week ago, has withdrawn and is returning to Miami, 247 Sports reported.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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Tubman’s fearless activism led to the eventual abolition of slavery and inspired later generations of civil rights leaders.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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However, the reality is that the consequences of slavery and segregation did not end with their legal abolition.—
C. Anthony Muse,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Mar. 2025
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Biden’s Justice Department ultimately abandoned the gambit and left Trump to head to trial, where a jury ordered him to pay $83.3 million.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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At this point, what started as a throwaway joke has grown into something vaguely earnest — too big to fail and too enmeshed in the neighborhood to be abandoned in good conscience.—
Nate Rogers,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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The case had long been viewed by Palin and other conservatives as a possible vehicle to overturn the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court landmark New York Times v. Sullivan.—
Luc Cohen,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Still to be determined is Vessel’s plan in Glastonbury; the town rejected it, and Vessel won a Superior Court lawsuit to overturn that decision.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
23 Apr. 2025
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The paper has since been discredited by health experts, retracted from the journal in which it was published, and its primary author, Andrew Wakefield, lost his medical license.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2025
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And the rear decklid spoiler extends and retracts at 45 miles an hour—but that’s customizable, as with everything on the car, in the same vein as a 911 restomod from Singer Vehicle Design.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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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
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These tricks include: Creating cancellation mazes Removing cancel buttons at critical moments Adding fake urgency with timers Burying important details in fine print These tactics might boost short-term numbers but destroy long-term trust.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Repeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repeal. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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