How to Use repeal in a Sentence
repeal
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The House bill would repeal the statute once and for all.
—Mariam Khan, ABC News, 18 July 2022
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That may be the last chance for at least two years to repeal the debt ceiling, once and for all.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
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That one lasted a year-and-a-half and was repealed in 1919 when the war ended.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
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Democrats, meanwhile, have pushed for years to repeal the state's tax on groceries.
—Stephen Groves, ajc, 6 Dec. 2022
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The House proposed repealing it this year in House Bill 1199.
—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
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Roach wants to repeal the law that created Reedy Creek.
—Lori Rozsa, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2022
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One of the questions listed on the school’s FAQ page about the cuts asks if the decision can be repealed or reversed.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
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In the five years after permit-to-purchase was repealed, the murder rate rose 14%, one study found.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 8 May 2023
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The best way to settle the legal question would be for the legislature to repeal the 2021 law.
—The Editors, National Review, 19 Jan. 2022
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The push to repeal the new law is being led in large part by the state Republican Party.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022
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Texas Democrats have tried to repeal the law every session since the Supreme Court’s ruling.
—Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
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There was a contingent of people who tried to repeal it.
—The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2022
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Activists had fought for decades to repeal the law, but many initially saw the deal as one step forward and two steps back.
—Feliz Solomon, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
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Arizona's governor has since signed a bill that repeals the ban.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
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This produced so many distortions that Nixon had to repeal the controls, and prices soared again.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 May 2022
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At the same meeting, the groups agreed to repeal the country's old constitution and said a new one would be drafted.
—arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025
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The two men have been pushing to repeal the measures for several years.
—Mary Clare Jalonick, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2023
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That means repealing them would leave a $3 trillion revenue hole to fill.
—Catherine Rampell, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
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But while some Democrats who were among the law’s critics are now in power, efforts to repeal or revise the law have yet to move forward.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 11 July 2023
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Disney was the aggressor in the battle over the education bill, lied about it, and pledged to work to repeal it.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 22 Apr. 2022
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Congress should repeal the Section 6050I amendment and start over.
—Abraham Sutherland, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2022
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Trump’s push to repeal the Affordable Care Act was a key promise of his 2016 campaign.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
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Some have since been repealed while others are being challenged in court.
—Christine Fernando, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
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Republicans could seek to repeal the IRA to free up money to finance those tax cuts.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
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As the challenges dragged on and led to a slew of different rulings, the Trump-era EPA repealed the rule and in 2019 created a new, weaker rule.
—Ann E. Marimow, Timothy Puko and Robert Barnes, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
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With a simple stroke of his pen, the president cannot make or repeal existing laws.
—Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
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Its real purpose was to repeal the two-thirds vote requirement for the state budget.
—Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
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Romney had promised in 2012 to repeal Obamacare, only to take credit for it three years later.
—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
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Justice Clarence Thomas in a separate opinion flat out said that the court should repeal those rulings.
—Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 July 2022
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President Joe Biden promised to attempt to repeal the law before he was elected.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 3 June 2022
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