1
as in to repeal
to put an end to by formal action
the U.S. abolished slavery by constitutional amendment on December 6, 1865
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as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
if only there were a way that we could abolish hatred and intolerance
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Recent Examples of abolish
Over recent decades, the number of executions nationally has declined sharply amid legal battles, according to the AP, which has led a majority of states to either abolish or pause carrying out the death penalty.
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Stepheny Price, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
And far from reining Israel in, Trump has floated relocating Gaza’s population, abolished Biden’s sanctions regime targeting violent Israeli settlers, and sanctioned the International Criminal Court over its prosecution of Israel.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
President Donald Trump has proposed a plan to abolish federal income taxes for Americans earning less than $150,000 per year, sparking curiosity on what people might take home should the plan be enacted.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Trump’s campaign platform included a call to abolish the department.
—Joshua Cowen, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
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Stepheny Price, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
And far from reining Israel in, Trump has floated relocating Gaza’s population, abolished Biden’s sanctions regime targeting violent Israeli settlers, and sanctioned the International Criminal Court over its prosecution of Israel.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
President Donald Trump has proposed a plan to abolish federal income taxes for Americans earning less than $150,000 per year, sparking curiosity on what people might take home should the plan be enacted.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Trump’s campaign platform included a call to abolish the department.
—Joshua Cowen, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
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If Congress were to defund the IMLS rather than repeal its authorizing statute, the agency would be forced to cease operations due to a lack of money, even if the legal framework for its existence remained intact.—
Devon Akmon,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2025
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With state universities and colleges continuing to see turnover of presidents, a House panel Wednesday unanimously approved a bill that would repeal a law shielding information about presidential candidates from public disclosure.—
Jim Saunders,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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All of these externals can lead to the breakage of individual strands, weathering (and even eradicating) protective cuticles and any potential for lustrousness and leading instead to a frazzled and frizzy mane.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
25 Mar. 2025
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This should be child’s play for sophisticated on-device AI to eradicate once and for all.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Also canceled: one study looking at reducing maternal mortality in New York and another on treatments for long COVID, The New York Times reports.—
Erica Pandey,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Under President Barack Obama, the department took steps to cancel accreditors for a now-defunct for-profit college chain, but the Trump administration blocked the move.—
Collin Binkley,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Its streets were power washed, graffiti was erased, trash was cleared, and the city’s sizable homeless population was relocated.—
Carson Becker,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
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This year was a step in the right direction for the program, but that’s all erased if Kevin Willard leaves.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2025
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Missouri banned almost all abortions in 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe.—
Summer Ballentine,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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Endangerment would require overturning a U.S. Supreme Court decision.—
Jan Ellen Spiegel,
Hartford Courant,
28 Mar. 2025
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Af Klint edited her own notebooks later in life, rewriting or destroying entire passages and exorcising biographical details.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Helicopters dumped water over a burning forest in South Korea Thursday as fire crews struggled to contain the country's worst-ever wildfires, which have killed 28 people, forced at least 37,800 to flee their homes and destroyed thousands of structures and vehicles.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Abolish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abolish. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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