Examples of rescission in a Sentence
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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The same rescission notice mentions another Biden-era rule that established stronger protections against drilling in the Western Arctic.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2025
In a Fox News appearance on Tuesday, Trump’s budget chief Russ Vought confirmed that the administration will send a rescission proposal to Congress at the end of April.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
Presidents have used the rescission procedure just twice since 1979 — most recently for a $15 billion spending cut package by Trump in 2018.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
White House budget director Russ Vought drafted a memo for a rescission plan that would eliminate funding already approved by Congress, according to multiple news reports.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Apr. 2025
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2025
In a Fox News appearance on Tuesday, Trump’s budget chief Russ Vought confirmed that the administration will send a rescission proposal to Congress at the end of April.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
Presidents have used the rescission procedure just twice since 1979 — most recently for a $15 billion spending cut package by Trump in 2018.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
White House budget director Russ Vought drafted a memo for a rescission plan that would eliminate funding already approved by Congress, according to multiple news reports.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Rescission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rescission. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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rescission
noun
re·scis·sion
ri-ˈsizh-ən 
: an act of rescinding
Legal Definition
rescission
noun
re·scis·sion
ri-ˈsi-zhən
: the act, process, or fact of rescinding especially a contract
specifically
: the equitable judicial remedy of rescinding a contract in a suit brought by one of the parties compare reformation
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