How to Use revoke in a Sentence
revoke
verb- The judge revoked her driver's license.
- Their work permits were revoked.
- Their privileges were revoked after they misbehaved.
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Collins has since had his license as a tax agent revoked.
— Michelle Toh, CNN, 26 June 2023 -
The following week, the pop duo’s Grammy award for best new artist was revoked.
— Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023 -
The gimmick was that owners had to be macho or their cards could be revoked.
— James Bandler, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2023 -
At any time the judge can revoke the diversion and restart the criminal case.
— Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023 -
Jacob’s pilot license was revoked by the FAA in April 2022.
— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 12 May 2023 -
Prosecutors said his bond should be revoked and he should be sent to jail.
— Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2024 -
The judge then revoked McCommon’s bond, the outlet reports.
— Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023 -
The State of New York revoked his pistol permit, and Banyai was ordered to surrender his firearms.
— Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023 -
The Corps then held a public hearing in May of 2022 on whether the permit should be reissued, revoked or modified.
— Steve Karnowski, ajc, 7 June 2023 -
In August, a judge ruled it as witness tampering and revoked his bail.
— Tracy Wang, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023 -
Epstein's files indicate that a passport issued to him in 2016, and valid for ten years, was revoked.
— James Hill, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2024 -
The city also issued a notice of intent to revoke permits.
— Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 24 May 2023 -
Venues that repeatedly break the city’s noise law could have their permits revoked.
— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024 -
Findaway’s machine learning clause says rights holders can revoke that part of the agreement.
— WIRED, 14 Feb. 2023 -
But they were revoked soon after Hamas’ attacks, leaving the workers in limbo.
— Hala Gorani, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023 -
Engineers also found their access to big data, data sheets and the log system revoked, the source said.
— Nectar Gan, CNN, 2 Apr. 2023 -
In a narrow 20-17 vote on Tuesday, along party lines, the Michigan Senate passed the bill to revoke the state’s right-to-work laws, sending it back to the state’s House for final approval.
— Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023 -
Chaquanda Alexander of Waukegan was charged March 5 with driving while license revoked.
— Yadira Sanchez Olson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023 -
Mixing religion and politics There have been times in the past when the IRS has revoked the tax-exempt status of bona fide churches.
— cleveland, 3 Sep. 2023 -
The suit was dropped, but Synanon could not regain public favor, closing down after the IRS revoked the group’s tax-exempt status in 1982.
— Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 1 Apr. 2024 -
About a year later, due to concerns about his treatment of his mother, Rodvelt’s trustee status was revoked.
— oregonlive, 7 June 2023 -
The public backlash leads to their privileges being revoked and a transfer to more spartan digs.
— Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023 -
Her bail was also revoked in a separate case pending in Somerville District Court.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023 -
And as the Trump defendants surely know, the Fulton County Jail is always an option, because bond can be revoked.
— WIRED, 17 Sep. 2023 -
The state of New York revoked Zarkadas' medical license shortly after he was sentenced to more than four years in prison for swiping the pandemic aid.
— CBS News, 10 Nov. 2023 -
The state of New York revoked Zarkadas’ medical license shortly after he was sentenced to more than four years in prison for swiping the pandemic aid.
— Richard Lardner, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2023 -
Health care providers who violate these provisions could be subject to civil action and have their license revoked if the bill is passed.
— Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2024
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