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Recent Examples of abdication
The last time around, the naive abdication of the requirements of national defense made reviving the arsenal of democracy on a short timeline unnecessarily difficult.
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Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
Albert, Duke of York, took the throne as George VI upon his older brother’s abdication.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Queen Mary, 52, took the throne alongside her husband, King Frederik, following the surprise abdication of Frederik’s mother, Queen Margrethe, earlier this year.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
January 14 - Denmark’s King Frederik X takes the throne after the abdication of his mother Queen Margrethe II.
—CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
Albert, Duke of York, took the throne as George VI upon his older brother’s abdication.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Queen Mary, 52, took the throne alongside her husband, King Frederik, following the surprise abdication of Frederik’s mother, Queen Margrethe, earlier this year.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
January 14 - Denmark’s King Frederik X takes the throne after the abdication of his mother Queen Margrethe II.
—CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abdication
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The program will grant them access to insurance for sickness and maternity, work risks, disability and life, retirement, and for severance in advanced age and old age.—
Fernanda González,
WIRED,
22 Jan. 2025
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Taking over for Price, who will be staying with the PlayStation studio through March, are a trio of Insomniac vets who will serve as co-heads upon his retirement: Ryan Schneider, Chad Dezern and Jen Huang.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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Forbes found only two instances of explicit criticism, both from 2012: one post criticized China and Russia for their veto of a UN resolution that called for the resignation of Syria President Bashar al-Assad, while another accused China of hiding a crisis in its real estate sector.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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But a few years later, discord and accusations of antisemitism plagued the national Women’s March leadership, spurring the resignation of several board members and some fracturing within the broader grassroots movement.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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The Today show co-anchors began their second week working together after Melvin, 45, took over following Hoda Kotb’s departure earlier this month.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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That’s a departure from contagious yawning in humans, which does seem to be affected by social closeness.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Jan. 2025
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