as in cancellation
the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to
the judge ruled that the town's rescission of the contract was justified due the contractor's repeated failures to meet its obligations
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Recent Examples of rescission
The bill also establishes a Class A misdemeanor if someone, without authorization of the patients, alters, forges, conceals or destroys a request for medication or rescission of a request for medication to affect a health care decision.
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
Kennedy’s May rescission of COVID vaccine recommendations resulted in confusion among providers, and many people were initially unable to get vaccines at pharmacies without a doctor’s prescription.
—Grayson Logue, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Trump is also anticipated to advocate another rescission counterpart, which could claw back more education funding.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 7 Jan. 2026
That rescission period ends Friday.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
Kennedy’s May rescission of COVID vaccine recommendations resulted in confusion among providers, and many people were initially unable to get vaccines at pharmacies without a doctor’s prescription.
—Grayson Logue, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Trump is also anticipated to advocate another rescission counterpart, which could claw back more education funding.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 7 Jan. 2026
That rescission period ends Friday.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rescission
Noun
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On February 14th, Anthropic was told that a failure to accept the government’s demands might result in contract cancellation.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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While cancellation options are available in advance of the first, second and third financial quarters—broadly speaking, advertisers may back out of between 25% and 50% of their upfront allocations for each of those periods—the ontological status of fall buys is a lot less equivocal.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Years later, Meridian Mayor Robert Simison was still urging a full repeal of the bill.—
Mark Dee
March 6,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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One is the repeal of the tax breaks, and another is designed to protect consumers from paying for infrastructure costs associated with serving the hulking computing centers.—
Kristi Swartz,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Bonner Springs Animal Control announced that an individual was charged with animal abandonment in a Facebook post Wednesday.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2026
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The complete abandonment of Americans in the Middle East while other countries are efficiently evacuating theirs raises serious competency concerns about our post-DOGE government.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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The recipients of the texts are then threatened with severe consequences, including prosecution, the suspension of vehicle registration, and the revocation of driving privileges.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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The government also argued the court should limit any ruling to the specific plaintiffs rather than weigh whether the laws are unconstitutional in all situations, and that visa revocations are largely immune from court challenges under federal law.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Rescission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rescission. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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