rescind

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Recent Examples of rescind In late August, Woodmere sued a host of entities within the federal government for rescinding a $750,000 grant it had been awarded in 2024. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Following a new mayor and several new councillors taking office, the city rescinded the approval and passed a new city ordinance to ramp up vetting for special events applications. Cate Charron, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025 Then, emergency use authorizations for Covid-19 vaccines were rescinded, which means Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, is no longer authorized for children younger than 5. Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025 Funding for projects in 11 states was rescinded, including $435 million for a floating wind farm in Northern California and $47 million to boost an offshore wind project in Maryland that the Interior Department has pledged to cancel. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rescind
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rescind
Verb
  • In the last few years, Beyoncé, Pink, and Noah Kahan, among others, have had concerts canceled or delayed by extreme lightning, rain, or wildfire smoke.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
  • On social media, Marquette announced that all athletic events for the weekend would be canceled, and a special mass for the school community was held on Saturday afternoon.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • The Chinese leader, who assumed the presidency in 2013, abolished term limits in 2018.
    Evelyn Cheng,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Bolsonaro and his allies are facing charges of leading an armed criminal organization, attempting to abolish Brazil’s democratic order by force, plotting a coup d’état, and committing violent acts against state institutions.
    Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After recently being told by the state officials that her personalized license plate was revoked because it is not classified as free speech, a Tennessee woman is appealing the decision to the United States Supreme Court.
    Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
  • South Korean memory chipmakers SK Hynix and Samsung also had their VEU privileges revoked on Friday, according to a statement on the Federal Register.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • As Democrats weigh what to seek in exchange for agreeing to a GOP government funding plan, party leaders are publicly urging Republicans to repeal their future Medicaid cuts.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That means those rules would not be repealed for this school year, which has already begun.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • Needless to say, progressive Democrats did not respond to those companies’ overtures by abandoning Trader Joe’s and prosecco to guzzle Buds at Wally World.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The Commission was also unimpressed by Jackson continuing to promote SPIS’ data around the location on the pitch and timing of Paqueta’s bookings during the game during cross-examination, despite the fact that the FA had abandoned this evidence.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An outside hearing examiner overturned the December dismissal of Matthew Krueger, saying there was no cause to support any disciplinary action, according to a Facebook post by the Fort Worth Police Officers Association.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The administration contends the law is unconstitutional, asserting an expansive view of presidential power that could prompt the Supreme Court to overturn what remains of its 90-year-old precedent upholding such removal protections.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • The cruise line previously scrapped stops there until October, amid ongoing violence in the country.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Bayrou called the vote in a bid to push through an unpopular 44 billion euros savings plan that includes scrapping two public holidays and freezing spending.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Everton will move from their previous home at Walton Hall Park to Goodison Park, after the men’s team vacated the ground for their new home at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Rescind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rescind. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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