rescinded

past tense of rescind
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Recent Examples of rescinded Tom Hall steps down as managing director and is replaced by Doug Evans, whose idea to modernize the theater’s name from The Old Globe to The Globe is quickly rescinded. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025 Last summer, the president led an effort to secure congressional passage of legislation that rescinded all federal funding for public media, including stations, PBS and NPR. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025 The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled early last year that the 2018 pay plan had been improperly granted by the Tesla board and must be rescinded. Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025 Their original invitation was rescinded after backlash from both fans and players, but they were reinvited, and the team issued an apology. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025 Nagy did not specify in the court declaration which employees’ notices were rescinded. Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2025 OpenAI rescinded the policy shortly after Kokotajlo came forward. Jared Perlo, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025 The 2024 ratification vote and the move to Texas were enormous victories for the EV maker, even though the same Delaware judge rescinded Musk’s pay package a second time following the vote. Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025 In June 2025, the state rescinded the policy. Vanessa Delgado, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rescinded
Verb
  • The Marine Corps was alerted and canceled the firing of additional live ordnance over the highway.
    Susannah Cullinane, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
  • That shouldn't have been canceled.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The act was not repealed until 1943.
    Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • It must be struck down or repealed.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trump also revoked Bolton's security detail, which was in place because of threats from Iran.
    NPR, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The president revoked Bolton’s Secret Service detail earlier this year, even as Iranian operatives remained under an indictment for plotting to assassinate him.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • However, when your organization was founded less than 45 years after slavery was abolished, when Black women were still being forced to be wet nurses to the very children of those who oppressed them and lynching was a common occurrence below the Mason-Dixon Line?
    Essence, Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The polissyster title was abolished in 1954, and women police officers were officially recognized under the same title as their male counterparts.
    Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Murphy also attempted to debunk the DHS claims that Chicago police abandoned federal agents after the ramming incident by showing videos of Chicago police officers on scene after Martinez was shot, and clips of officers wiping their eyes after being affected by teargas deployed by agents.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Once home to 1,000 residents and 13 saloons, Garnet was once a vibrant community before it was abandoned in the 1960s.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Another fumble, this one collected by the Buccaneers, was overturned on replay review.
    Matt Barrows, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2025
  • This plan provides an opportunity for enhanced ownership, but not so much that Elon can’t still be overturned by his fellow shareholders.
    Shane Goodwin, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nelson and Rodney retired shortly after the war and were scrapped by the late 1940s.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Aziz Ansari still hopes to finish Being Mortal, the comedy-drama film that would've marked his directorial debut had it not been scrapped in 2022 following an internal complaint and investigation into star Bill Murray.
    Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025

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