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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 revoked
Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
On Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy revoked approval for 13 flight routes operated by Mexican airlines between the two countries for violating their bilateral aviation agreement signed in 2015.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
After a devastating series of tragedies gets her medical license revoked, Maggie is without purpose, but not without passion.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The administration has detained and revoked the visas of several pro-Palestine activists.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
State officials revoked multiple licenses connected to Devastating and another firm on the Esparto site, BlackStar Fireworks, following the explosion.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Many have been denied visas or had their Overseas Citizen of India cards revoked as political retaliation.
—Mohammed Jawad, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
In this there’s a distinct echo of the process currently in use for determining which visas (permanent or temporary) will be revoked under the current administration.
—JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
Those fears are not hypothetical; the state has revoked at least one teacher’s license and suspended two others’.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
Dreamers became eligible for coverage during the 2025 open enrollment, but it was revoked in August after the rule change.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
On Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy revoked approval for 13 flight routes operated by Mexican airlines between the two countries for violating their bilateral aviation agreement signed in 2015.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
After a devastating series of tragedies gets her medical license revoked, Maggie is without purpose, but not without passion.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The administration has detained and revoked the visas of several pro-Palestine activists.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
State officials revoked multiple licenses connected to Devastating and another firm on the Esparto site, BlackStar Fireworks, following the explosion.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Many have been denied visas or had their Overseas Citizen of India cards revoked as political retaliation.
—Mohammed Jawad, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
In this there’s a distinct echo of the process currently in use for determining which visas (permanent or temporary) will be revoked under the current administration.
—JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
Those fears are not hypothetical; the state has revoked at least one teacher’s license and suspended two others’.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revoked
Verb
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At least one Halloween parade was canceled.—
NPR,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Benson Boone canceled his show at the Utilita Arena Birmingham in England an hour before his concert due to vocal issues and illness.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Charlie had been abandoned and then rescued and fostered by a man in Jacksonville.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Fianna Fail’s pick, former Gaelic football coach Jim Gavin, abandoned his bid due to a financial scandal.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Transparency instead of testing Where the vetoed SB 1047 would have mandated safety testing and kill switches for AI systems, the new law focuses on disclosure.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In the final days of the off-year elections, Democrats and Republicans scrapped about plenty.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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That original €600million budget was scrapped in 2021, when Laporta returned to the presidency, with the project barely up and running, never mind close to a finish as intended.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Surf City voters repealed the review board in a special election in June.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Northwest Passage Act, which offered a reward to any Briton who could chart a shipping route through Arctic Canada to Asia, had been repealed in 1818.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Apparently, the plan was aborted after several FBI supervisors refused to cooperate, viewing it as inappropriate.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
8 Oct. 2025
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One of the most serious close calls was in March at Chicago's Midway International Airport, where a Southwest Airlines jet aborted landing and performed a go-around after a business jet entered the runway without authorization.—
Ayesha Ali,
ABC News,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Too long submerged in suppressed grief, Zilpha now came up from its depth like any swimmer stroking toward light and sweet air.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
Verb
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President Bill Clinton sought to restrict press access to the same location in 1993, but rescinded the measures after media pushback.—
Scott Nover,
Arkansas Online,
2 Nov. 2025
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That declaration was later rescinded but no motive for the attack has been disclosed.—
NPR,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Revoked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revoked. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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