abrogated

past tense of abrogate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abrogated
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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bill's language caused much confusion and gridlock in 2019, leading Parliament to pursue an additional measure, which repealed the 2011 act and instituted the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill, which Queen Elizabeth II assented to in March 2022.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
  • Voters in November repealed part of a decade-old law that softened some criminal penalties and ousted two progressive district attorneys who championed such reforms.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
Verb
  • That order was canceled about an hour later, the Air Traffic Control Command Center said in an advisory.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • 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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“Abrogated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abrogated. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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