as in to cancel
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
the judge revoked the jail sentence when the defendant promised to do community service instead
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Recent Examples of revoke
Canadian cities revoked permits in August 2025.
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The secretary's action in revoking TPS was not only unprecedented in the manner and speed in which it was taken but also violated the law, Chen wrote.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Under pressure, Columbia University agreed to a $220 million settlement, the University of Pennsylvania revoked records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas and presidents resigned from the University of Virginia and Northwestern University.
—Jonathan J. Cooper, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
The award arrived eight months after a judge revoked Musk’s 2018 pay package for a second time, something the company noted in August.
—Michelle Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The secretary's action in revoking TPS was not only unprecedented in the manner and speed in which it was taken but also violated the law, Chen wrote.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Under pressure, Columbia University agreed to a $220 million settlement, the University of Pennsylvania revoked records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas and presidents resigned from the University of Virginia and Northwestern University.
—Jonathan J. Cooper, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
The award arrived eight months after a judge revoked Musk’s 2018 pay package for a second time, something the company noted in August.
—Michelle Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Verb
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In the last few years, Beyoncé, Pink, and Noah Kahan, among others, have had concerts canceled or delayed by extreme lightning, rain, or wildfire smoke.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
6 Sep. 2025
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On social media, Marquette announced that all athletic events for the weekend would be canceled, and a special mass for the school community was held on Saturday afternoon.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Needless to say, progressive Democrats did not respond to those companies’ overtures by abandoning Trader Joe’s and prosecco to guzzle Buds at Wally World.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Commission was also unimpressed by Jackson continuing to promote SPIS’ data around the location on the pitch and timing of Paqueta’s bookings during the game during cross-examination, despite the fact that the FA had abandoned this evidence.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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But then Belly scraps her Parisian plans and pledges her young life to Jeremiah, a rising super senior at Finch majoring in getting high and going to Cabo (which, quite honestly, is more age-appropriate than a wedding).—
Vogue,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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Watertown, though, kept scrapping enough together inside the circle to prevent a game-tying goal, while speedy senior captain Sophia Setouhi and Master led a couple promising charges into offensive territory.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Department of Transportation is also considering rescinding a rule that requires airlines to disclose service fees upfront.—
David Shepardson,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Biggs said by phone Thursday that the company had called Mike Jabo, Porter County’s director of development & storm water management, to rescind its application for the nearly 800-acre development planned for two parcels.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Joe Biden aborted his re-election bid last year after a public meltdown on a debate stage.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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Under the president’s new blueprints for NASA, the agency looks set to depend on Elon Musk’s outfit to loft future Moon explorers aboard the SpaceX Starship from the Kennedy Space Center as SLS flights are aborted.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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As Democrats weigh what to seek in exchange for agreeing to a GOP government funding plan, party leaders are publicly urging Republicans to repeal their future Medicaid cuts.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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That means those rules would not be repealed for this school year, which has already begun.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Revoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revoke. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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