as in cancelation
the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to
the judge ruled that the town's rescission of the contract was justified due the contractor's repeated failures to meet its obligations
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Recent Examples of rescission
The administration even took away global food aid funding in a recent rescissions package including cuts impacting UNICEF, one of the lead agencies in Gaza.
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William Lambers, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025
Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Associated Press/Canva How PBS, NPR Cuts Will Affect Rural America
Funding cuts for public media, such as PBS and NPR, which were included in a rescissions package passed by Congress earlier in July, could have devastating impacts on rural Americans, Delaney said.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
Early Friday, the House gave final approval to Trump’s rescission package by a 216-to-213 vote, after the Senate a day earlier had OK’d the measure in a 51-to-48 vote.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 18 July 2025
Democrats are facing pressure to fight Trump, Republicans are cutting spending with the rescissions package, and somehow Congress always finds a way to screw up the regular spending bill process.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 22 July 2025
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William Lambers, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025
Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Associated Press/Canva How PBS, NPR Cuts Will Affect Rural America
Funding cuts for public media, such as PBS and NPR, which were included in a rescissions package passed by Congress earlier in July, could have devastating impacts on rural Americans, Delaney said.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
Early Friday, the House gave final approval to Trump’s rescission package by a 216-to-213 vote, after the Senate a day earlier had OK’d the measure in a 51-to-48 vote.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 18 July 2025
Democrats are facing pressure to fight Trump, Republicans are cutting spending with the rescissions package, and somehow Congress always finds a way to screw up the regular spending bill process.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rescission
Noun
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Operations returned to normal Saturday morning, with only 35 delays and 31 cancellations reported.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Aug. 2025
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The reason behind the numerous cancellations of Edwards vs. Chimaev was COVID-19.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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But much to my surprise and delight, Ryu Hayabusa’s continuation into the realm of AAA 3D action elites once again does not mean the abandonment of where the series started this time around.—
David Jagneaux,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Vallow Daybell was arrested in February 2020 in Hawaii, where she and Chad Daybell got married, on child abandonment counts.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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“Rescission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rescission. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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