as in canceling
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
That would include forcing OpenAI to revert to a nonprofit structure and revoking Altman and Brockman’s board positions.
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Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
Steyer has proposed taking steps to ban all corporate spending in elections, even revoking the privileges of corporations that give to campaigns.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
The argument over revoking Rivera’s bond was contentious.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
The United Arab Emirates, which long had deep commercial ties with Iran, is revoking visas of Iranians in the UAE and may freeze Iran’s assets in country.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
The British government responded in February by revoking the accreditation of a Russian diplomat.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
The administration has also put a restriction on the number of foreign nationals who can enter the country by revoking or denying tourist visas, as well as increasing immigration fees.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Another investigation was initiated the following year by the commission after Givens was accused of presiding over two criminal cases after she’d been recused, jailing a man in one case and revoking bond from another.
—Jane Harper, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
Lopez’s attorney, Saad Ahmad, argued in court that Lopez never had an opportunity to argue to the Board of Immigration Appeals that his permanent residency should not be stripped away, and the government never provided a valid reason for revoking it.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
Steyer has proposed taking steps to ban all corporate spending in elections, even revoking the privileges of corporations that give to campaigns.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
The argument over revoking Rivera’s bond was contentious.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
The United Arab Emirates, which long had deep commercial ties with Iran, is revoking visas of Iranians in the UAE and may freeze Iran’s assets in country.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
The British government responded in February by revoking the accreditation of a Russian diplomat.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
The administration has also put a restriction on the number of foreign nationals who can enter the country by revoking or denying tourist visas, as well as increasing immigration fees.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Another investigation was initiated the following year by the commission after Givens was accused of presiding over two criminal cases after she’d been recused, jailing a man in one case and revoking bond from another.
—Jane Harper, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
Lopez’s attorney, Saad Ahmad, argued in court that Lopez never had an opportunity to argue to the Board of Immigration Appeals that his permanent residency should not be stripped away, and the government never provided a valid reason for revoking it.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revoking
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Also, know your rights when canceling.—
Becca Stanek,
TheWeek,
7 May 2026
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Kennedy, a long-time anti-vaccine activist, has been particularly critical of mRNA technology, canceling hundreds of millions in research funding and making claims not backed by scientific evidence.—
Sneha S K,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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Musk is currently embroiled in a court battle against OpenAI, accusing CEO Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of abandoning the company’s original nonprofit creed of developing open-source AI to benefit humans by turning it into a for-profit entity.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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The report comes as Netflix, which is the largest subscription streaming platform in the world by far, is charting a path forward on its own after abandoning its pursuit of Warner Bros.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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The telltale sign is a one-way voyage to Alang, India, or Aliaga, Turkey—the locations of shipyards that handle the majority of cruise ship scrapping.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
1 May 2026
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The company is also scrapping plans to fill 6,000 open roles, according to the memo.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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One analysis found that repealing the Jones Act could save consumers $769 million annually in petroleum shipping costs.—
Katelyn Bledsoe,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2026
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And while the law largely governs toxins, the rollback has also undermined action on climate change, including repealing the legal theory used to classify greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide as regulated pollutants.—
Mark Olalde,
ProPublica,
8 May 2026
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Apollo 13 zoomed around the Moon after famously aborting its lunar landing mission.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2026
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Just before Sunday’s collision, controllers were dealing with another plane that had declared an emergency after aborting a takeoff and smelling an odor on the plane.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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Voters could weigh in on a billionaire wealth tax in November, while the state Legislature considers a new corporate healthcare fee and rescinding tax breaks to stabilize the budget.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
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The lawsuit argues that rescinding the general plan amendment should have also made a surf park on the site invalid.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
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