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as in canceled
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
the company called the furniture store to repeal the order for six new desks
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as in abolished
to put an end to by formal action
in 1933, Congress passed the 21st Amendment which repealed the Prohibition Amendment of 1919, thus making the sale, distribution, and use of alcohol legal once again
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as in renounced
to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)
if I find that you have been lying about this, I'll instantly repeal every promise I made to you
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Recent Examples of repealed
Most of those restrictions were repealed in 1985, but the weekend sale restriction for car dealerships remained in place.
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Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 July 2026
In 1971, weary of the war in Vietnam, Congress repealed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
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Literary Hub,
1 July 2026
In New York, night clubs were sometimes regarded as a civic nuisance; one obstacle was the city’s cabaret law, from 1926, which required bars to obtain a special permit if patrons were dancing and was not fully repealed until 2017.
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Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Even after the tax was largely repealed, discrimination, exclusion and violence persisted, reshaping who could participate in the gold economy — and who could not.
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Andre Byik,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
The phrasing came straight from Parliament’s own Declaratory Act of 1766, passed on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed.
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Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The vaccine requirement was repealed as of October 2023 after the Biden administration ended the federal COVID-19 public health emergency.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Hungary’s new government has not repealed the Orbán-era legislation that outlawed Pride, but police this year authorized the event and were providing security along the route.
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Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
That 3% tax was repealed earlier this year.
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Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 July 2026
In 1971, weary of the war in Vietnam, Congress repealed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
—
Literary Hub,
1 July 2026
In New York, night clubs were sometimes regarded as a civic nuisance; one obstacle was the city’s cabaret law, from 1926, which required bars to obtain a special permit if patrons were dancing and was not fully repealed until 2017.
—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Even after the tax was largely repealed, discrimination, exclusion and violence persisted, reshaping who could participate in the gold economy — and who could not.
—
Andre Byik,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
The phrasing came straight from Parliament’s own Declaratory Act of 1766, passed on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed.
—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The vaccine requirement was repealed as of October 2023 after the Biden administration ended the federal COVID-19 public health emergency.
—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Hungary’s new government has not repealed the Orbán-era legislation that outlawed Pride, but police this year authorized the event and were providing security along the route.
—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
That 3% tax was repealed earlier this year.
—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repealed
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Parades, concerts and fireworks shows were canceled or delayed in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Delaware for July 3 and 4.
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Philadelphia canceled its Wawa Welcome America parade, Washington’s Great American State Fair temporarily closed Friday afternoon, and other celebrations have delayed public entry to reduce exposure during the hottest hours.
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The state this year abolished the job of the New Orleans criminal court clerk — merging it with another court clerk position.
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The other reconstruction amendments abolished slavery and expanded voting rights.
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The 58-year-old construction tycoon renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2017, Ukrainian media reported, and has been a citizen of Cyprus since 2019.
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What follows are dozens of examples of how those whose names are familiar (or aren’t) and legendary (or infamous) for their actions while representing the state have been embraced (or renounced) by the rest of the country and beyond.
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Saipov, who had rented a truck and planned to target a Manhattan parade, found the route blocked by these barriers and abandoned that plan.
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They are being abandoned not just by Thomson but by large segments of their original audience.
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As soon as the error was realized, the story was retracted and removed from NPR’s website and an on-air correction was broadcast.
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The journal typically adds a large RETRACTED notice across digital papers that have been retracted, leaving them available for download.
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On the sixth day of France’s heat wave, when temperatures reached record highs, shoppers scrapped over box fans, and Americans and Europeans beefed on X, a neighbor in our apartment building near Paris finally broke down and texted me.
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Alas, Vanilla Ice played for no one Friday after weather scrapped his Freedom 250 concert just two hours before his performance.
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After starring in a slew of movies with each other, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen withdrew from the spotlight to focus on launching The Row, a luxury fashion brand, in 2005.
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Del Toro beat him at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes last month before Seixas later withdrew with injury — and UAE domestiques have made it onto the podium before, such as Adam Yates in 2024.
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In North Carolina, permits are immediately revoked if a restaurant scores below 70%.
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Ask how the agent acting on your behalf is cryptographically identified as well as how quickly a compromised credential can be revoked without affecting the rest of the system.
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