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as in to abandon
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it
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as in to abolish
to put an end to by formal action
the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice
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as in to delete
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
canceled the check and wrote a new one
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as in to erase
to destroy all traces of
it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order
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Recent Examples of cancel
She had been scheduled to perform at a Christmas concert in Osaka on Friday, but had canceled her appearance citing health reasons.
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Michael Levin, 'Ryan's Hope' Soap Opera Star, Dead at 90
Gallagher stayed with the show until it was canceled in 1989 and won three Daytime Emmys for her role.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Sadly, politically mixed families have canceled or cut short their Thanksgiving dinners in recent years after contentious elections.
—Michael Morris, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
In 2022, Mendes shocked his fans by cancelling his world tour just seven shows in.
—Karen Bliss, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Michael Levin, 'Ryan's Hope' Soap Opera Star, Dead at 90
Gallagher stayed with the show until it was canceled in 1989 and won three Daytime Emmys for her role.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Sadly, politically mixed families have canceled or cut short their Thanksgiving dinners in recent years after contentious elections.
—Michael Morris, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
In 2022, Mendes shocked his fans by cancelling his world tour just seven shows in.
—Karen Bliss, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
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If the department’s predictions are correct, the U.S. would be essentially abandoning any pretense of trying to limit climate change.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Claridge Hotel’s former casino sits abandoned as well.Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Kash Patel vows to abolish the ‘deep state’; Trump’s FBI pick thrills MAGA base Robby Soave and Steven Olikara weigh in on Donald Trump’s nominee to spearhead the FBI, Kash Patel.The Hill, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024
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Rankin believed that without a widespread moral awakening, the prospect was slim that slavery could be abolished.TIME, TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
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Confirm the reset by selecting Yes–delete all user data, then confirm with the power button.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
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As on Android, the bulk of the app data is deleted to free up space, with key bits of information kept on your phone.David Nield, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024
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One dud doesn’t erase the good performances Young has put on tape over the past month.Joseph Person, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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In August, the Taliban published vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public in an effort to completely erase Afghan women and girls from public life.Brian Cheng, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Both Trump and Vice-President elect JD Vance have suggested scaling back or even revoking some legal avenues for immigration, leaving even some with legal status feeling in limbo.Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
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His medical license was revoked in late November 2023 — nearly two years after he was first charged.Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
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Initially, officials issued a tsunami warning for some coastal areas, although this was repealed a few hours later.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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The only time in U.S. history a constitutional amendment has been repealed was when the 18th Amendment prohibiting the manufacture, sale and transportation of intoxication liquors, better known as prohibition, was repealed in 1933 through the addition of the 21st Amendment, LeRoy noted.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
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On this day in 1979: Scientists declared that smallpox had been eradicated about a dozen years after the World Health Organization intensified its vaccination push and prior requirements in many countries in the Americas and Europe.Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2024
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In the 1950s, an ambitious international campaign was launched to eradicate the insect in the north and center of the continent.Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
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Though women can also abort a pregnancy taking only misoprostol, according to Planned Parenthood.Alyssa Goldberg, The Courier-Journal, 13 Nov. 2024
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According to a SpaceX spokesperson, this even surprised them because the expectation was that the Super Heavy would either crash or be forced at the last second to abort the landing and dump itself into the Gulf of Mexico.David Szondy, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Cancel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancel. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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