as in cancelation
the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to
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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Recent Examples of rescission
That statement led to further confusion about what the rescission of the memo did and did not do, and a group of states who were suing over the policy cited it to argue that their lawsuit should continue during a hearing later on Wednesday.
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Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Jan. 2025
Vance, a practicing Catholic, made his recent remarks in response to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) statement on the rescission of the ICE policy.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
The order does not reference any form of social activity, and its only mentions of the LGBTQ acronym appear in a list of publications targeted for rescission.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Trump's rescission of Biden's order is unlikely to immediately increase the cost of prescription drugs for Medicare and Medicaid recipients.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Jan. 2025
Vance, a practicing Catholic, made his recent remarks in response to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) statement on the rescission of the ICE policy.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
The order does not reference any form of social activity, and its only mentions of the LGBTQ acronym appear in a list of publications targeted for rescission.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Trump's rescission of Biden's order is unlikely to immediately increase the cost of prescription drugs for Medicare and Medicaid recipients.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Rescission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rescission. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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