1
as in to cancel
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
the library refused to rescind its decision to include the controversial book in its collection
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as in to abolish
to put an end to by formal action
the new mayor vowed not to seek to rescind existing laws prohibiting smoking in the city's public places
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Recent Examples of rescind
Bob Donovan calls for it to be rescinded.
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Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Mesloh, a former police officer, researched crowd-control munitions — grenades, flash-bangs, Tasers — for seven years before 2010 when funding was rescinded for such research.
—Minneapolis Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Trump rescinded Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s invitation to join overnight.
—Hugh Leask,tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
Trump rescinded his invitation to Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney to join, in an escalating feud between the two leaders.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 23 Jan. 2026
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Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Mesloh, a former police officer, researched crowd-control munitions — grenades, flash-bangs, Tasers — for seven years before 2010 when funding was rescinded for such research.
—Minneapolis Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Trump rescinded Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s invitation to join overnight.
—Hugh Leask,tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
Trump rescinded his invitation to Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney to join, in an escalating feud between the two leaders.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 23 Jan. 2026
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After the devastating Eaton and Palisades wildfire turned the annual event into more of a fundraising effort last year — Davis’ party was one of the few Grammy Week events that wasn’t canceled in 2025 — the 2026 edition went back to its more traditionally celebratory feel.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Feb. 2026
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Miami flight cancellations The effects of Winter Storm Gianna has caused 20 flights to be canceled in and out of Miami International Airport.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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Some of the loudest calls to abolish ICE have come from Gen Z and millennial candidates, many of whom have sought to frame their bids around a larger rejection of Democratic Party norms.—
Elena Moore,
NPR,
4 Feb. 2026
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Under his proposal, the position of prime minister would be abolished and the duties of the role absorbed into the office of the president.—
Kaya Genç,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
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As of mid-2024, the NAU chapters of Delta Chi and Sigma Pi were suspended for multiple years, with their national organizations also revoking the chapters’ charters, according to the university website.—
Kathy Tulumello,
AZCentral.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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Like DuBois, Robeson’s passport was ultimately revoked, amounting to a kind of imprisonment, Bryant writes.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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His amendment would have repealed the $75 billion funding increase that ICE received as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and redirect those funds to Medicaid.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
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The spending bill, which was passed by the House last week, would repeal that law.—
Mary Clare Jalonick,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Restaurant tables sat empty, business windows went dark and students’ desks were abandoned in several cities across the country Friday amid a nationwide strike in protest of the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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According to charging documents, officers later found Seymour’s apartment unlocked and abandoned, her vehicle parked at Salt Lake City International Airport, and a notebook outlining plans to discard phones and documents.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Knox was initially convicted of murder in 2009 and saw her conviction overturned by an Italian court in 2011.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Plans to build 83 single-family homes at the edge of Guajome Regional Park, south of state Route 76 near Oceanside’s border with Vista, were unanimously overturned Wednesday by the Oceanside City Council.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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That hard-line stance came as some House Democrats voiced opposition to the stopgap funding for DHS, which was a compromise granted by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in order to scrap the original bill funding the agency.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Feb. 2026
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Sometimes, that means having to scrap certain ideas at the last minute and make adjustments to pre-set plans on a whim.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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Motyka, who was 23 at the time of the murder and is now 50, is seeking a new trial and asking a judge to vacate his conviction, arguing that the Rhode Island State Police planted the DNA evidence that linked him to the crime.—
Kathleen Hill,
The Providence Journal,
31 Jan. 2026
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Michael Skakel’s conviction was ultimately vacated by the Connecticut Supreme Court May 4, 2018, with prosecutors later deciding to not seek a second trial for Skakel on the murder charge.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Rescind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rescind. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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