How to Use abolition in a Sentence

abolition

noun

• The artist, whose work addresses prison abolition, said Woodfox has taught her grace and patience.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 18 Sep. 2020
• Mine is not a call for the abolition of big-time football or basketball, or any revenue-producing sport.
  — Tom Farrey, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2020
• The girl’s death intensified a debate in England over the abolition of the slave trade.
  — Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2020
• In Time’s liberatory field of vision, abolition is the end goal.
  — Samantha N. Sheppard, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2020
• Bass was born in South Carolina in 1874, less than a decade after the abolition of slavery.
  — Camille Caldera, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2020
• Davie takes over as the agency’s profile has risen in recent months in response to Portland protests for social justice as well as police defunding or abolition.
  — oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2020
• His campaign led to a posthumous pardon and contributed to the abolition of the death penalty in Britain in 1965.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2020
• The activist, Michelle Gross, who opposes full-scale police abolition, blamed officials and the mayor for not working in concert.
  — Astead W. Herndon, chicagotribune.com, 26 Sep. 2020
• Another Evans exposé directly resulted in the abolition of the death penalty in England.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2020
• The Wide Awakes were, back in that day, a diverse group of young Republicans who supported Lincoln and the abolition of slavery.
  — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2020
• According to the Times, even in early June, several city councilors had qualms about such an absurd gesture as supporting police abolition.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 29 Sep. 2020
• The second must-do is the abolition of the debt ceiling.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023
• After the Civil War, the abolition of slavery caused those in the U.S. to take a fresh look at workers’ rights.
  — Russ Bynum, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
• This process continued until the abolition of slave trade in the 1900s.
  — Nnamdi Madichie, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2021
• To be clear, the death of police officers is not what abolition is.
  — Eric Shawn, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2022
• Some favor not only the abolition of bail, but of prisons and the police.
  — Rob Kuznia, CNN, 21 Mar. 2023
• In fact, there were more slaves than colonists at the Cape during the century preceding the abolition of the slave trade in 1807.
  — Jaco Greeff, Quartz, 6 June 2021
• But there’s a long tradition at TNR of urging the abolition of the monarchy—and even advising Charles to be the one to do the deed.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
• To say that the abolition of the Affordable Care Act somehow equals the end of democracy is the wrong way of framing things.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 July 2021
• Now, Democrats have made the abolition of the filibuster a litmus test for their party.
  — The Editors, National Review, 21 Jan. 2022
• As long as there’s a royal family, there will be pomp and pageantry and polls about abolition.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2023
• In fact, Hamilton threw away his shot to take a stand on abolition early and often.
  — Aric Jenkins, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2020
• The amendment was the official abolition of slavery in the United States.
  — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 2 Feb. 2022
• The abolition of the 45pc rate had become a distraction from our mission to get Britain moving.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2022
• In 2021, its representatives called for the full abolition of the law.
  — Javier Bastardo, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
• In 2009, lawmakers ratified the U.N.’s two covenants on human rights, one of which calls for the abolition of the death penalty.
  — Yian Lee / Bloomberg, TIME, 20 Sep. 2024
• Become a wealthy slave owner or achieve the abolition of slavery.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
• Justice is a living George & the abolition of a system intent on harm.
  — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 20 Apr. 2021
• So that area has always been a part of the complicated legacy of the abolition movement.
  — Kaitlyn Greenidge, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 July 2023
• Although Austen died before abolition, the antislavery movement was at full tilt during her lifetime.
  — Devoney Looser, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024