as in canceling
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 revoking
Another decision allows the administration to proceed with revoking temporary legal status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
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Brittney Melton,
NPR,
26 June 2026
Zelensky formally responded on Saturday in a decidedly undiplomatic post on X, subtly trashing the Polish government for revoking his award while not doing so with other historical awardees that many would object to.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
The city of Monroe intends to reverse its vote on revoking the funding agreement for the controversial Interstate 77 South toll lane project.
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Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
17 June 2026
The investigation is focused on the Philadelphia Police Department's policies and practices for issuing and revoking gun permits, and the standards used to cancel permits to carry firearms, DOJ said in a news release.
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Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
The two-week restraining order prohibits the defendants from ordering the flag down and from revoking the group's permit because of the flag.
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Brieanna J. Frank,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
One example is Carnival Cruise Line, who announced changes to their loyalty program that infuriated their most loyal customers by revoking their lifetime status.
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Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
However, revoking the non-profit’s access would not eliminate the city’s maintenance costs or the expenses associated with operating the senior facility.
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Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2026
The company refrained from revoking the macOS certificates immediately to prevent MacBook users from encountering technical snafus with Apple's notarization system.
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Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2026
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
26 June 2026
Zelensky formally responded on Saturday in a decidedly undiplomatic post on X, subtly trashing the Polish government for revoking his award while not doing so with other historical awardees that many would object to.
—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
The city of Monroe intends to reverse its vote on revoking the funding agreement for the controversial Interstate 77 South toll lane project.
—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
17 June 2026
The investigation is focused on the Philadelphia Police Department's policies and practices for issuing and revoking gun permits, and the standards used to cancel permits to carry firearms, DOJ said in a news release.
—
Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
The two-week restraining order prohibits the defendants from ordering the flag down and from revoking the group's permit because of the flag.
—
Brieanna J. Frank,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
One example is Carnival Cruise Line, who announced changes to their loyalty program that infuriated their most loyal customers by revoking their lifetime status.
—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
However, revoking the non-profit’s access would not eliminate the city’s maintenance costs or the expenses associated with operating the senior facility.
—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2026
The company refrained from revoking the macOS certificates immediately to prevent MacBook users from encountering technical snafus with Apple's notarization system.
—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revoking
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What to pack and how to prepare Kids’ ears are more sensitive than adults’, so bring kid-sized earplugs or noise-canceling headphones.
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In 2024, Joe Biden sailed to the Democratic presidential nomination after a primary process that was little more than a formality, with the Florida Democratic Party even cancelling its primary in March to anoint Biden.
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Now, following intense backlash from local communities, a series of lawsuits and a leadership shakeup at the Department of Homeland Security, the agency appears to be abandoning the initiative – a dramatic shift away from a plan that had already seen spending upwards of $1 billion.
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Driven by a growing panic over fast-evolving Chinese tech competitors, the old-world rivals are abandoning the tradition of corporate secrecy.
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On both counts, though, Book is cautiously optimistic that Congress might reverse course on scrapping those programs.
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Now Starmer is going due to unpopularity, largely self-inflicted, after policy errors including scrapping the pensioners’ winter fuel allowance, hitting small farmers with inheritance tax increases and appointing a close friend of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as ambassador to Washington.
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In one significant policy shift, Lewis George campaigned on repealing former Metropolitan Police Department chief Pamela Smith’s executive order directing her officers to cooperate with federal immigration authorities for individuals not in police custody.
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Council members narrowly passed the ordinance repealing the ban by a 7-5 vote, with some voting against the measure as a form of protest.
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The crew coordinated with air traffic control and performed a go-around, which involves aborting a landing attempt and climbing away from the runway, to avoid an American Airlines plane that was departing from an intersecting runway, The Guardian reported.
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Apollo 13 zoomed around the Moon after famously aborting its lunar landing mission.
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But a proposal in the state legislature to make local governments who voted in favor of rescinding support pay back about $60 million already spent on the project began to circulate late last week.
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In announcing its plan, the administration said rescinding the rule would remove prohibitions on road construction and logging on nearly 59 million acres of national forest, arguing that the rule slowed economic development.
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“Revoking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revoking. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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