as in to cancel
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 revoke
President Trump signed three bills that revoke California’s trend-setting auto emission standards that would’ve barred sales of gas-only cars in California by 2035.
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Provide intuitive interfaces for granting and revoking KYC data access.
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—Andrew Sever, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Trump has revoked student visas and put foreign students into deportation proceedings without warning.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 10 June 2025
Earlier in the afternoon, Bonta’s office sued the Justice Department for threatening to revoke federal funding over a 16-year-old transgender track and field athlete who qualified over the weekend for the high school state championship meet.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 9 June 2025
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Provide intuitive interfaces for granting and revoking KYC data access.
8.
—Andrew Sever, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Trump has revoked student visas and put foreign students into deportation proceedings without warning.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 10 June 2025
Earlier in the afternoon, Bonta’s office sued the Justice Department for threatening to revoke federal funding over a 16-year-old transgender track and field athlete who qualified over the weekend for the high school state championship meet.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revoke
Verb
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Russia initially built for Egypt before Cairo canceled the contract would be delivered to Tehran instead.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Police said the Amber Alert was canceled earlier on Wednesday, adding that the case, which was turned over to the MSP, was now being investigated as a homicide.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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The number of remote job postings has declined, but this shift shouldn’t be seen as a signal to abandon what many knowledge workers value most.—
Duane Tursi,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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So Ogle, who had nothing to hang on to but that car, and sadly separated from her only daughter who lives in Utah, saw her car stolen but recovered and abandoned the next day in front of an apartment building.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
8 June 2025
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To save costs, modifications recommended for the Electra after the Hawaii crash—stronger radios, better direction-finding gear, upgrades to the emergency equipment—were scaled back or scrapped.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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That drop was scrapped, but the Air Force 1 Low is now slated to release in the fall.—
Ian Servantes for Footwear News,
Robb Report,
1 June 2025
Verb
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Both of these actions were rescinded after outcry from advocacy groups.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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President Donald Trump will announce a new nominee for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) administrator after rescinding his nomination of Jared Isaacman just days before the Senate was set to vote on him.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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That was a day later than originally planned; SpaceX attempted to launch the mission on Monday night (May 19), but that try was aborted just before liftoff, for reasons that the company did not immediately explain.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
21 May 2025
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The outage went unnoticed by the FAA until May 5, 2025, when two commercial flights had to abort landings due to an Army helicopter's approach to the Pentagon, highlighting the communication breakdown.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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The bill would repeal a 2018 law that wiped out a public access ordinance in the Panhandle’s Walton County.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2025
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By seeking to repeal the carbon rules with no replacement, the administration’s proposal is more sweeping than the power plant regulations finalized during Trump’s first term, Carrie Jenks, the executive director of Harvard Law School’s Environmental & Energy Law Program, told CNN.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
11 June 2025
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“Revoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revoke. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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