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as in canceled
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as in repealed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Recent Examples of rescinded
While the policy was voluntarily rescinded in 2021 after a surge of migrants had overwhelmed border crossings, the government now has the ability to reinstate it if necessary.
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Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
25 June 2026
The practice of limiting the number of people who can claim asylum was rescinded by the Biden administration.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
In adjacent news, a league and team source confirmed to The Athletic on Thursday that Clark’s technical foul from Monday’s game between Indiana and Phoenix will not be rescinded.
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James Boyd,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
Neither incidents involved taunting players from the opposing team, and both of those techs have reportedly been rescinded.
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Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
The youngest of five siblings, she was born just one month after the country rescinded automatic birthright citizenship.
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Mo Rocca,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
But after review, the call was rescinded and Freeman's goal was ruled good.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
The council rescinded support for the controversial Interstate 77 South toll lanes project that would have disrupted historically Black neighborhoods.
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Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
The Heat also stepped up at that juncture, before Durant rescinded his request two months later.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2026
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
25 June 2026
The practice of limiting the number of people who can claim asylum was rescinded by the Biden administration.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
In adjacent news, a league and team source confirmed to The Athletic on Thursday that Clark’s technical foul from Monday’s game between Indiana and Phoenix will not be rescinded.
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James Boyd,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
Neither incidents involved taunting players from the opposing team, and both of those techs have reportedly been rescinded.
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Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
The youngest of five siblings, she was born just one month after the country rescinded automatic birthright citizenship.
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Mo Rocca,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
But after review, the call was rescinded and Freeman's goal was ruled good.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
The council rescinded support for the controversial Interstate 77 South toll lanes project that would have disrupted historically Black neighborhoods.
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Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
The Heat also stepped up at that juncture, before Durant rescinded his request two months later.
—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rescinded
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The Mason Motocross races on Sunday were canceled after the crash, WOWK reported.
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He was eventually brought by an airport assistant to the gate for the flight to Sarasota, but that service was delayed and eventually canceled due to weather.
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Carrera can now only afford to take only one or two classes a semester after his in-state tuition was repealed.
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The extension is expected to generate approximately $925,000 annually and will continue unless repealed by voters.
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When employees change roles or leave, access is revoked promptly and consistently.
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Last year, the festival revoked the Creative Data Lions Grand Prix winner, Efficient Way to Pay, after it was revealed that the campaign used AI to manipulate the ad’s case study video.
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In 1865, more than eight decades after Elizabeth Freeman defeated slavery in Massachusetts, the practice was finally abolished throughout the United States, though only after a civil war that cleaved the young nation and cost more than 600,000 lives.
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Every fifty years, all debt was abolished.
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Students who entered college eager to study literature or history sometimes abandoned those fields because classrooms became places of discomfort rather than intellectual growth.
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Vazquez abandoned her black bike on the corner next to Pinch Kitchen + Bar.
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In Tennessee, a pickup truck carrying about 1 million bees overturned near Knoxville in April, unleashing a swarm that blanketed the crash scene.
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The justices, by a 6-3 vote, granted an appeal from New York prosecutors who had urged them to undo a federal appeals court decision that overturned the verdict.
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The 2015 nuclear deal, which Trump scrapped during his first term, took more than 18 months to negotiate.
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Michael Loria and Joey Garrison Vice President JD Vance scrapped plans to travel to Switzerland for negotiations on Friday aimed at a final deal to end the war in Iran, a White House official confirmed late Thursday evening.
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The team will have to decide on Jordan Addison’s future, and Andrew Van Ginkel’s contract is scheduled to be voided after 2026.
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His four-year deal originally had $76 million guaranteed, though the Niners voided the 2026 guarantees last summer, and Aiyuk chose not to fight through the NFL Players Association.
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“Rescinded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rescinded. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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