revoking

verb

present participle of revoke
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 The federal government withheld $160 million in transportation funding after California delayed revoking the licenses. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 The following has zero to do with TCU’s revoking the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s credentials to cover TCU athletic events. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026 However, experts said revoking a visa alone may have little impact on someone already in the country. — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 With the approval, Starfish can operate for two years, but city staff said there is also a formal process for revoking its special use permit, if persistent problems arise. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026 By the end of 2017, the subsidiary paid $20 million to Rivera’s company, Interamerican Consulting, before revoking the contract. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026 In January, major grain traders withdrew from the soy moratorium, which helped slash deforestation over its nearly two decades in effect, after top soy-producing states passed bills revoking tax benefits for participating companies. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 The rollbacks include eliminating greenhouse gas regulations, expanding fossil fuel production, revoking the 2009 EPA Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding, exiting the Paris Agreement and more. — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2026 Structured within a broader tax liability policy, this transactional risk product can help protect buyers against the financial fallout of a tax authority revoking a credit. — Dr. Dick Bridy, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revoking
  1. canceling
  2. abandoning
  3. scrapping
  4. repealing
  5. aborting
  6. rescinding
Verb
  • On Sunday, a severe thunderstorm swept through the Kansas City area, leaving thousands of residents without power, ripping the roof off of one building, and canceling a portion of the annual SantaCaliGon Days festival in Independence.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The Flagship Suites come with amenity kits, bedding pajamas, noise-canceling headphones, a wireless charging pad and privacy doors.
    — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of canceling
Verb
  • Offering a plea deal or abandoning the prosecution The more unlikely options include the prosecution offering a plea deal to Clancy or dropping the case entirely.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The allegations said Bartiromo had allowed false claims about the 2020 presidential election to air on the network as part of a bid to keep angry viewers from abandoning its program.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of abandoning
Verb
  • But for my money, few players bring a more impactful set of skills to a club scrapping to stay in the Premier League.
    — David Ornstein, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • But Cargill, Michin and B-Fab have continuously been scrapping with Flair, Bliss and Paxley with Cargill and Flair seemingly fighting for the top contender spot to Chelsea Green’s women’s title.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of scrapping
Verb
  • The Council earlier this month approved an ordinance repealing a July measure that directed the city manager to assess living conditions at the apartments and make emergency repairs.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
  • That includes prohibiting the construction of AI data centers in rural Texas neighborhoods, reducing the impacts of data centers on local communities, and repealing sales tax exemptions and other incentives.
    — Jack Fink, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of repealing
Verb
  • After aborting a Starship test flight last week, SpaceX plans to try again this Thursday evening.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Antonelli made the mistake of aborting his lap, thinking there were double yellow flags.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of aborting
Verb
  • Multiple attempts to pass congressional legislation rescinding the medals have failed, with neither Rounds nor any other member of the state’s congressional delegation signing on as sponsors or cosponsors.
    — Meghan O'Brien, States Newsroom, 3 Sep. 2026
  • When one of them challenged the order, a CDC medical officer recommended rescinding it, but Kennedy overruled that recommendation.
    — Debra Houry, STAT, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of rescinding

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“Revoking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revoking. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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