as in cancelling
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 revoking
The president has also floated the idea of revoking liberal nonprofits' tax-exempt status, CNN reports.
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Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
But the new policy will turn that act into a cause for revoking press credentials.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
As complaints about Kimmel’s statement exploded in conservative media, Carr suggested in a podcast interview that Kimmel’s statements could lead to the FCC revoking ABC affiliate stations’ licenses.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
The process of revoking a license isn't so simple, according to Roy Gutterman, a professor and expert on communications law and the First Amendment at Syracuse University's Newhouse School.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
Our communities face attack after attack—floods and fires fueled by Big Oil, ICE agenda kidnapping our neighbors, congress revoking our healthcare.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 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
This latest expulsion followed an earlier Trump order revoking TPS protections granted by Biden in 2023 to another 348,000 Venezuelans, which brings the total number of expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to more than 600,000.
—Andres Oppenheimer
september 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Advertisement The State Department began revoking and denying the visas of Palestinian officials last week ahead of the United Nations General Assembly this month.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
But the new policy will turn that act into a cause for revoking press credentials.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
As complaints about Kimmel’s statement exploded in conservative media, Carr suggested in a podcast interview that Kimmel’s statements could lead to the FCC revoking ABC affiliate stations’ licenses.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
The process of revoking a license isn't so simple, according to Roy Gutterman, a professor and expert on communications law and the First Amendment at Syracuse University's Newhouse School.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
Our communities face attack after attack—floods and fires fueled by Big Oil, ICE agenda kidnapping our neighbors, congress revoking our healthcare.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 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
This latest expulsion followed an earlier Trump order revoking TPS protections granted by Biden in 2023 to another 348,000 Venezuelans, which brings the total number of expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to more than 600,000.
—Andres Oppenheimer
september 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Advertisement The State Department began revoking and denying the visas of Palestinian officials last week ahead of the United Nations General Assembly this month.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revoking
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While automakers are putting off and/or cancelling vehicles that only run on electrons, given high development costs and a weak market, Subaru is confident in the direction it is headed.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Many subscribers of Disney, ABC’s parent firm, protested the move, with some cancelling their streaming service subscriptions and hundreds marching at Disney’s Burbank office last week.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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Still, large pools of undeployed capital remain available, and major institutional players show little sign of abandoning real estate as a core asset class.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Democrats returned to Washington to demonstrate unity and accuse GOP leaders of abandoning negotiations.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The director provided no indication what his next big-screen project would be after scrapping The Critic back in April 2024.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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Congress is ending tax benefits for solar, and the administration is scrapping a $7 billion program that helped low-income families install rooftop panels.—
Ivan Penn,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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There is little action that could be forced upon these platforms with today’s Section 230 protections for third-party content, but there is growing Republican support for reforming, or even repealing, the law.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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But in 1917, under the strain of wartime defense spending, lawmakers narrowed it by repealing the deduction for federal taxes.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Revoking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revoking. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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