How to Use repeal in a Sentence

repeal

verb

• That may be the last chance for at least two years to repeal the debt ceiling, once and for all.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
• Democrats, meanwhile, have pushed for years to repeal the state's tax on groceries.
  — Stephen Groves, ajc, 6 Dec. 2022
• The House proposed repealing it this year in House Bill 1199.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
• One of the questions listed on the school’s FAQ page about the cuts asks if the decision can be repealed or reversed.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• In the five years after permit-to-purchase was repealed, the murder rate rose 14%, one study found.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 8 May 2023
• Texas Democrats have tried to repeal the law every session since the Supreme Court’s ruling.
  — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
• Arizona's governor has since signed a bill that repeals the ban.
  — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
• The two men have been pushing to repeal the measures for several years.
  — Mary Clare Jalonick, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2023
• That means repealing them would leave a $3 trillion revenue hole to fill.
  — Catherine Rampell, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
• But while some Democrats who were among the law’s critics are now in power, efforts to repeal or revise the law have yet to move forward.
  — Anna Clark, ProPublica, 11 July 2023
• Trump’s push to repeal the Affordable Care Act was a key promise of his 2016 campaign.
  — Sara Dorn, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• Some have since been repealed while others are being challenged in court.
  — Christine Fernando, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
• Republicans could seek to repeal the IRA to free up money to finance those tax cuts.
  — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
• As the challenges dragged on and led to a slew of different rulings, the Trump-era EPA repealed the rule and in 2019 created a new, weaker rule.
  — Ann E. Marimow, Timothy Puko and Robert Barnes, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
• Its real purpose was to repeal the two-thirds vote requirement for the state budget.
  — Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• Romney had promised in 2012 to repeal Obamacare, only to take credit for it three years later.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
• Gress insisted there are votes to repeal the 1864 law, even though his attempt on Wednesday morning failed.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
• But some lawmakers are already aiming to repeal the changes.
  — Kate Zernike, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023
• The question on the ballot is worded to ask if voters would like to repeal the existing sales tax and replace it with a new one that would last for 40 years.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
• If the Arizona House votes yes on the bill, however, there are still more steps and procedures before the ban is formally repealed and off the books.
  — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2024
• Oh, and repeal the biggest expansion of health care in half a century.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 10 July 2023
• Advertisement All are measures Vox has vowed to try to repeal.
  — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
• But some e-cigarette shops, like J Well Belleville in the east of Paris, expect the ban to be partially or totally repealed.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2023
• If Trump were to win the election next month, a cohort of Republicans would almost certainly push to repeal some of it, if not the whole thing.
  — Justin Worland, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
• Complicating the equation is the fact voters may repeal the CCA via an initiative on the Nov. 5 ballot.
  — Carleen Johnson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Aug. 2024
• Members of the coalition underscored that their goal was not to be classified as an event but to have the freedom to ride up and down a public street, but the city would not repeal its ban.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2023
• Even if Trump is re-elected and does repeal Biden's executive order, some changes wouldn't be felt right away.
  — Harry Booth, TIME, 10 July 2024
• Lawmakers should repeal them and revert to a more limited use of the castle doctrine to prevent the deaths of their constituents.
  — Cedric Dark, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
• The new tax, if adopted, would remain in effect unless repealed by voters.
  — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
• There's nothing special about laws created via ballot measure — they can be altered or repealed like any other statute.
  — Mike Deehan, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024