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as in repealed
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 eradicated
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 abolished
Ronald Reagan, as president, called for the department to be abolished.
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Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Jan. 2025
Courtesy of the Social Security Fairness Act, millions of Americans will see higher Social Security checks now that the windfall elimination provision (WEP) and GPO (government pension offset) have been abolished.
—Suzanne Blake
reporter, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
In 2023, a group of House Republicans attempted to raise sales taxes with the FairTax Act, which would have abolished the Internal Revenue Service and replaced income tax and other levies with a national sales tax.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
After British slavery was abolished, in 1834, the colonial government continued to permit Junkanoo.
—Sasha C. Wells / Made By History, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
It’s believed there were about 40 stonings from the Islamic Revolution in the late 1970s until the method was abolished in 2002.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
Currently, 27 states still use the death penalty, while 23 states have abolished it and five states are holding executions based on gubernatorial action, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
Since then, though, Xi has abolished Presidential term limits, decimated civil society, and intensified clampdowns on free expression.
—Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
The death penalty was abolished in New York state, but the federal charges could bring a death sentence if Mangione is convicted.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Jan. 2025
Courtesy of the Social Security Fairness Act, millions of Americans will see higher Social Security checks now that the windfall elimination provision (WEP) and GPO (government pension offset) have been abolished.
—Suzanne Blake
reporter, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
In 2023, a group of House Republicans attempted to raise sales taxes with the FairTax Act, which would have abolished the Internal Revenue Service and replaced income tax and other levies with a national sales tax.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
After British slavery was abolished, in 1834, the colonial government continued to permit Junkanoo.
—Sasha C. Wells / Made By History, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
It’s believed there were about 40 stonings from the Islamic Revolution in the late 1970s until the method was abolished in 2002.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
Currently, 27 states still use the death penalty, while 23 states have abolished it and five states are holding executions based on gubernatorial action, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
Since then, though, Xi has abolished Presidential term limits, decimated civil society, and intensified clampdowns on free expression.
—Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
The death penalty was abolished in New York state, but the federal charges could bring a death sentence if Mangione is convicted.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abolished
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However, the bill's language caused much confusion and gridlock in 2019, leading Parliament to pursue an additional measure, which repealed the 2011 act and instituted the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill, which Queen Elizabeth II assented to in March 2022.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
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Voters in November repealed part of a decade-old law that softened some criminal penalties and ousted two progressive district attorneys who championed such reforms.Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Only a few years had passed since the WHO declared in 1979 that smallpox was the first human disease to be eradicated worldwide.Sam Mednick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Dec. 2024
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Individual errors cannot be eradicated entirely, but must be reduced.Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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The other database eschews page numbers all together, so there’s literally no way of knowing that the articles—which were once leading articles of the magazines in question—have been erased.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Jan. 2025
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Select Restore next to the date before your contact was erased.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Some trains have been canceled completely, including Acela 2122 between Washington and New York, and trains between New York and Boston and between New York and Philadelphia, the company posted on X Monday night.Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
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No American Airlines flights were canceled as a result of the stoppage.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Helene destroyed homes and roads, stranded residents without phone service and water, and claimed the lives of nearly 250 people throughout the Southeast.Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
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Lauren Sommer was one of the first reporters in Lahaina after the extreme wildfire destroyed homes and took lives.NPR Staff, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
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