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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
Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025
According to state law, permits are immediately revoked if a restaurant receives a score of less than 70%.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
Roberts resigned Tuesday, one day after he was placed on unpaid leave by the school district and his education license was revoked by Iowa’s Board of Educational Examiners.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025
The Unified Government was on track to get a homelessness coordinator through the state, although recent clawbacks on federal funding revoked funding for that position, Howze said.
—Sofi Zeman
october 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
In addition to the deportation fight, an Iowa state board revoked Roberts’ license to serve as superintendent.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
His Tennessee driver’s license has also been revoked.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
In April, more than 4,700 international students across the country had their immigration status revoked before it was unexpectedly restored weeks later.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Sep. 2025
What’s the legality Immigration attorneys argue that if a Venezuelan with TPS was detained during the period when the protection was temporarily revoked by the Supreme Court’s decision, they should have been released immediately after the federal judge upheld the extension.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
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Not long after Ruiz’s bond was revoked, the judge got a letter in the mail from a local resident.
—Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025
According to state law, permits are immediately revoked if a restaurant receives a score of less than 70%.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
Roberts resigned Tuesday, one day after he was placed on unpaid leave by the school district and his education license was revoked by Iowa’s Board of Educational Examiners.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025
The Unified Government was on track to get a homelessness coordinator through the state, although recent clawbacks on federal funding revoked funding for that position, Howze said.
—Sofi Zeman
october 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
In addition to the deportation fight, an Iowa state board revoked Roberts’ license to serve as superintendent.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
His Tennessee driver’s license has also been revoked.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
In April, more than 4,700 international students across the country had their immigration status revoked before it was unexpectedly restored weeks later.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Sep. 2025
What’s the legality Immigration attorneys argue that if a Venezuelan with TPS was detained during the period when the protection was temporarily revoked by the Supreme Court’s decision, they should have been released immediately after the federal judge upheld the extension.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revoked
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Around the same time, a Black History Month project – a living wax museum in which her other daughter was planning to depict the poet Maya Angelou – was also canceled.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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But our flights had been canceled amid rocket fire and regional escalation, fallout from Israel’s latest offensive in Gaza and its war with Iran.—
Reem Kassis,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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Even Microsoft, once Google’s fiercest rival in the browser space, eventually abandoned its own engine and rebuilt Edge on Chromium.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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The San Francisco Chronicle’s Mackenzie Chung Fegan abandoned anonymity on day one, and the New York Times’ dual critics Tejal Rao and Ligaya Mishan went as far as starring in several videos to announce their tenure at the paper.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Oct. 2025
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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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And yet, the agency’s human-resources office—which handled ethics issues—has been scrapped, according to Alt CDC, a team of anonymous public-health officials that has been crowdsourcing updates on the firings.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2025
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The main channel scrapped music videos back in 2011 and instead pushed those out to its sister channel.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 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
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“Revoked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revoked. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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