as in cancellation
the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to
threatened the revocation of his son's driving privileges
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Recent Examples of revocation
The revocation action was filed on March 5.
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Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Post-naturalization criminal activity alone does not provide grounds for revocation under current statutes.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
He’s been convicted of driving after revocation three times.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
Several of the charges also carry possible $750 civil penalties and hunting license revocations of one to three years.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
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Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Post-naturalization criminal activity alone does not provide grounds for revocation under current statutes.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
He’s been convicted of driving after revocation three times.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
Several of the charges also carry possible $750 civil penalties and hunting license revocations of one to three years.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revocation
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And the twin Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) probes, which study magnetic reconnection in Earth’s atmosphere, could also see cancellation, according to the analysis.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
9 Apr. 2026
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Anyone going this route should plan travel and lodging with flexible cancellation options — last-minute availability is rare.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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This is not a marginal activity but a consolidated and expanding sector that has operated under a legal framework since the repeal of PASPA in 2018, and whose sustainability depends largely on the visibility of legal operators.—
Cláudia Nunes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
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After consecutive years of other legislation that sought an outright repeal of the Medicaid expansion over rising expense to taxpayers, the work requirements bill was branded a compromise to rein in costs.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Apr. 2026
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Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan said threats and harassment were partially to blame for the City Council’s abandonment of plans to create a homeless shelter near the trendy SoDo neighborhood last year.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2026
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Oversight falls to the California Geologic Energy Management Division, which enforces detailed standards for access to the well, wellbore integrity, and abandonment under state law.—
Tim Rathmann,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Establishment of federal observers The key contribution of the Voting Rights Act that Americans are typically taught about in school is its abolition of racial discrimination in voting.—
Allison Mashell Mitchell,
The Conversation,
1 Apr. 2026
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The temperance, abolition, and civil-rights movements in America were all motivated in part by religious convictions.—
Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Revocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revocation. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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