How to Use abolition in a Sentence
abolition
noun-
In fact, Hamilton threw away his shot to take a stand on abolition early and often.
— Aric Jenkins, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2020 -
In 2021, its representatives called for the full abolition of the law.
— Javier Bastardo, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 -
Truth recruited soldiers for the Union during the Civil War and fought for abolition and civil rights.
— oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2020 -
Among the possible culprits: the abolition of straight-ticket voting, which allowed voters to cast their ballots for a party’s entire slate at one stroke.
— Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 22 Dec. 2020 -
Winn and her allies are one stream in a social movement spreading across the country that’s only started to receive mainstream attention: the prison abolition movement.
— Amanda Abrams, Glamour, 7 Dec. 2020 -
In fact, Jones has not located any evidence of Hopkins ever promoting abolition.
— Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 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 -
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 -
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 -
Belle used her status and influence to free slaves and get involved in the abolition movement.
— Paulina Jayne Isaac, SELF, 8 Feb. 2022 -
The book hones in on ideas like prison abolition and racial disparities in healthcare.
— Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 2 Apr. 2021 -
What if safety is achieved not by violent organs of the state but through their abolition?
— WIRED, 9 Aug. 2023 -
At Cornell, students push for pass/fail courses only and the abolition of all grades.
— Victor Davis Hanson, Arkansas Online, 26 Dec. 2022 -
Calls have been made across the country for police reform and even outright abolition of the force in wake of fatal shootings at the hands of police.
— Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2021 -
It’s about the abolition of hanging, but also about men of that era, and justice, and miscarriages of justice.
— Liz Appel, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2022 -
Lincoln, in the new Republican party, ran on a platform of abolition, which made the South believe there was no longer a place for them in the Union.
— Caitlin McLean, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022 -
The king expressed remorse during a speech marking the 160th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the Netherlands.
— Justin Klawans, The Week, 2 July 2023 -
Only a full century after the abolition of slavery did the civil rights movement begin yielding high-impact laws such as the Voting Rights Act.
— Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
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