cancellation
noun
can·cel·la·tion
ˌkan(t)-sə-ˈlā-shən 
variants
or less commonly cancelation
1
: the act or an instance of canceling
The cancellation of the game was due to bad weather.
2
: something (such as a hotel room or a ticket) made available by the canceling of an arrangement
was lucky to get a cancellation for the trip to Chicago
3
: a mark made to cancel something (such as a postage stamp)
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Examples of cancellation in a Sentence
The storm caused delays and flight cancellations.
Notice of cancellation should be given 30 days in advance.
There is a fee for cancellation.
Cancellations increased when rates doubled.
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Those two cancellations were quietly revealed on Monday by Jason Sarlanis, President of TNT, TBS, TruTV, ID & HLN, Linear and Streaming at Warner Bros.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 3 Feb. 2025
The cancellations came even as companies raised premiums statewide.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
The agency estimates that Saturday’s cancellation affects nearly 350,000 Venezuelans who were granted the status during a 2023 expansion.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
There have been 75 cancellations within, into, or out of the U.S.
Zoom in: The outage comes days after the fatal midair collision of a regional jet and Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C., the deadliest air carrier crash in the U.S. since November 2001.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 2 Feb. 2025
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 3 Feb. 2025
The cancellations came even as companies raised premiums statewide.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
The agency estimates that Saturday’s cancellation affects nearly 350,000 Venezuelans who were granted the status during a 2023 expansion.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
There have been 75 cancellations within, into, or out of the U.S.
Zoom in: The outage comes days after the fatal midair collision of a regional jet and Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C., the deadliest air carrier crash in the U.S. since November 2001.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Cancellation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cancellation. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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cancellation
noun
can·cel·la·tion
ˌkan(t)-sə-ˈlā-shən
1
: an act of canceling
2
: a mark made to cancel something
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