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as in cancelled
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as in repealed
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Recent Examples of rescinded
All of Florida’s tropical storm watches, which covered a swath of the East Coast, were rescinded Sunday afternoon as Tropical Storm Imelda’s forecast track continued to nudge further offshore.
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Alex Harris
updated September 28, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
With trade talks evolving rapidly, tariffs are being proposed, rescinded, and amended quickly across the region.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
At $427 million, this was the most significant federal grant rescinded by the Transportation Department.
—Craig Rucker, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Experts agree that the state’s broad authority to regulate pollution from power plants, refineries and other stationary sources under its own climate laws would remain intact, even if the Endangerment Finding were rescinded.
—Chaewon Chung
updated September 25, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
That termination letter was rescinded when Heskett elected to resign in lieu of termination on July 3, 2024, the day after it was signed by Bashor.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Petro appeared to seek conciliation with Trump with a June 23 letter that rescinded his accusations of Rubio leading a plot to overthrow him.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Church officials had by then rescinded their unkeepable promise to finish by 2026, blaming delays caused by the pandemic.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
While Sainz’s in-race 10-second time addition cannot be removed from the Zandvoort results, the two penalty points that had been added to his super license along with the time penalty have now been rescinded.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Alex Harris
updated September 28, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
With trade talks evolving rapidly, tariffs are being proposed, rescinded, and amended quickly across the region.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
At $427 million, this was the most significant federal grant rescinded by the Transportation Department.
—Craig Rucker, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Experts agree that the state’s broad authority to regulate pollution from power plants, refineries and other stationary sources under its own climate laws would remain intact, even if the Endangerment Finding were rescinded.
—Chaewon Chung
updated September 25, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
That termination letter was rescinded when Heskett elected to resign in lieu of termination on July 3, 2024, the day after it was signed by Bashor.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Petro appeared to seek conciliation with Trump with a June 23 letter that rescinded his accusations of Rubio leading a plot to overthrow him.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Church officials had by then rescinded their unkeepable promise to finish by 2026, blaming delays caused by the pandemic.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
While Sainz’s in-race 10-second time addition cannot be removed from the Zandvoort results, the two penalty points that had been added to his super license along with the time penalty have now been rescinded.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rescinded
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The final stage of a major bike race was canceled earlier this month after several large pro-Palestinian demonstrations disrupted the event, in protest of the Israel-Premier Tech team’s participation.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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The incident comes just days after Young cancelled a New Jersey performance that had been scheduled for Friday.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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Some of the laws lapsed and were never renewed, some were repealed, and judges struck down others as violations of the First Amendment.—
Time,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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And in 1987, under President Ronald Reagan, the FCC itself repealed the Fairness Doctrine, concluding that the rule was both unnecessary and a threat to free speech.—
John Eger,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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His Tennessee driver’s license has also been revoked.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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In April, more than 4,700 international students across the country had their immigration status revoked before it was unexpectedly restored weeks later.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
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Complicating matters for all the island’s inhabitants, in January 1793 the French revolutionaries, who had abolished the monarchy to create a republic, executed King Louis XVI and then declared war on Great Britain and Spain.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Two years later, the monarchy was abolished, and Nepal, the world’s sole Hindu kingdom, proclaimed itself a secular republic.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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During a heavy storm, a Reddit user from Mumbai, India, found a cat abandoned outside a shop with her kittens—and the same cat is now the head of their household.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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That theory was strengthened when a grainy surveillance video seemed to capture the family of four crossing the border on the same day their car was abandoned.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
3 Oct. 2025
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In December 2024, a Dane County judge overturned the law but placed his ruling on hold, keeping the law in effect for now.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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But an appeals court overturned that decision in late 2023, allowing Eldin to proceed again.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Textiles have been one of the biggest beneficiaries of AGOA and, by some estimates, up to 300,000 jobs could be at risk if AGOA were scrapped.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Commissioners officially scrapped the flag-raising idea after weighing input from residents, instead opting Thursday for other ways to remember the many lives lost in the 2023 attack.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Rescinded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rescinded. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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