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
With the Trump administration slashing budgets and threatening to revoke tax-exempt status for nonprofits, some Southern California social justice organizations have gone into a defensive crouch, hoping to wait out the passing storm.
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James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Higher education has inspired many political battles during the second Trump administration, such as over funding cuts, revoked visas for foreign students and scrutiny over universities’ accreditors.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
In 2019, the Indian Parliament passed a law that revoked the region's administrative autonomy, which many in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party had blamed for the violence that has rocked the Himalayan valley.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
The approval was revoked by the Trump administration and later reinstated in the Biden administration.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
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James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Higher education has inspired many political battles during the second Trump administration, such as over funding cuts, revoked visas for foreign students and scrutiny over universities’ accreditors.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
In 2019, the Indian Parliament passed a law that revoked the region's administrative autonomy, which many in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party had blamed for the violence that has rocked the Himalayan valley.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
The approval was revoked by the Trump administration and later reinstated in the Biden administration.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revoke
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Trump skipped three times during his last presidency (the 2020 affair was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic).—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington amid a shift in priorities and the ousting of leadership at one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions.—
Ashraf Khalil,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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At this point, what started as a throwaway joke has grown into something vaguely earnest — too big to fail and too enmeshed in the neighborhood to be abandoned in good conscience.—
Nate Rogers,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Biden’s Justice Department ultimately abandoned the gambit and left Trump to head to trial, where a jury ordered him to pay $83.3 million.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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Pfizer scrapped a different once-daily obesity pill back in June 2023 after patients who took that drug had higher liver enzyme levels in a mid-stage trial.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
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In January, the company scrapped a rights issue of shares, opting to borrow 450 billion won from Ryu to reduce its debt burden, which had ballooned to 1.5 times equity.—
Gloria Haraito,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Many of these barriers are anticompetitive rules, similar in effect to the federal anticompetitive regulations that the Administration seeks to rescind.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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At a lengthy hearing on Friday, attorneys on both sides argued over whether Hochman had the right to rescind his predecessor’s request, and whether the brothers are truly rehabilitated.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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In January, several people were injured after a Delta flight aborted its takeoff at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, forcing about 200 passengers to evacuate the plane through emergency slides.—
Stephen Smith,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Despite the mishap, Blue Origin officials have insisted that the capsule is designed to safely abort a spaceflight by ejecting from the rocket and deploying parachutes early if needed – as happened in 2022.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2025
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The program also receives about 5% of its revenue from interest generated by its trust funds and about 4% of its revenue from the tax that Trump wants to repeal.—
Dennis W. Jansen,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Maryland Freedom Caucus has repeatedly called these initiatives unworkable and asked to repeal these devastating mandates.—
Ryan Nawrocki,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Revoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revoke. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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