revokes

present tense third-person singular of revoke

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Recent Examples of revokes Missouri isn’t a state that automatically revokes a police license when an officer is convicted of a serious crime. Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025 Termination can occur immediately if the NBPA suspends or revokes an agent’s certification, but Turner capably performed his duties. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025 If Cal Fire revokes the licenses, Devastating Pyrotechnics owner Kenneth Chee and BlackStar Fireworks owner Craig Cutright could be fined and will be barred from reapplying for the licenses for one year. Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revokes
Verb
  • Miami cancels school, orders state of emergency About 10 minutes to the west, the community of Miami was also recovering from intense flooding.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • After her family cancels holiday plans at the last minute, Nell decides to spend the week of Christmas having fun on her own!
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Miami had a relatively balanced offense in the first two years, but the offense has lost its big-play bite, and consistently abandons the run.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Some of them are barely recipes at all; sometimes Nosrat abandons the form entirely.
    Dan Kois, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The House spending bill would use that power as a cudgel, halting congressional approval of FASB’s budget (see page 108) until the accounting agency repeals its new disclosure rules.
    Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Revokes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revokes. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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