1
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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2
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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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
However some Oasis fans have reported on social media that their tickets have been wrongly cancelled in the efforts, despite abiding the rules of the on-sale process.
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Thomas Smith, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2025
One person called me who had four TV shows, but the economic dynamics of the world changed and all of that was cancelled.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
In the Monday meeting, employees were told that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a unit within the Trump administration run by Elon Musk, plans to cancel most of IES' contracts.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 10 Feb. 2025
Within a few hours the White House announced the Politico subscriptions were being canceled.
—Neal Rothschild, Axios, 8 Feb. 2025
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Thomas Smith, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2025
One person called me who had four TV shows, but the economic dynamics of the world changed and all of that was cancelled.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
In the Monday meeting, employees were told that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a unit within the Trump administration run by Elon Musk, plans to cancel most of IES' contracts.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 10 Feb. 2025
Within a few hours the White House announced the Politico subscriptions were being canceled.
—Neal Rothschild, Axios, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancel
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That effort now appears to have come to an abrupt end as USAID contractors around the world prepare to abandon critical projects and lay off staff.—
Jake Bittle,
WIRED,
8 Feb. 2025
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This idea must be fought, stopped, and abandoned completely!—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2025
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But Reagan faced a Democratic House of Representatives that objected, and by 1984, the GOP had abandoned its call for abolishing the department.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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Moreover, the president has intertwined his calls to abolish the $268 billion bureaucracy with attempts to leverage it to advance his own agenda.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Officials from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency deleted the CFPB’s X account on Friday night, a person familiar with the matter told CNN, after Russell Vought, who leads the Office of Management and Budget, took over as acting director of the CFPB.—
Matt Egan,
CNN,
9 Feb. 2025
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The public reaction to it was so negative that Drake silently deleted an Instagram post promoting it.—
Candace McDuffie,
Glamour,
7 Feb. 2025
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Those odds dropped slowly with each game Ovechkin missed due to a fractured left fibula until all progress from his hot streak was erased.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
The Athletic,
7 Feb. 2025
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That’s surrender — to the idea that this is a zero-sum war where one side must be erased for the other to survive.—
Hen Mazzig,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2025
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Finance/technology Trump revoked former President Biden's artificial intelligence guardrails and has since signed executive orders aimed at bolstering the country's competitiveness in AI and tech.—
Avery Lotz,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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Trump’s order revokes a Biden policy phasing out federal purchases of single-use plastics in food service, events and packaging by […] Subscribe to continue reading this article.—
Carson Swick,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Feb. 2025
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Lawmakers in some states have looked at reducing the eligibility for Medicaid, either by letting existing legislation expire or by actively repealing the expansion brought about by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which could impact the healthcare of millions.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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In his first weeks in office, Trump has accelerated this process, issuing unconstitutional executive orders and directives purporting to repeal birthright citizenship and directing OMB to freeze funding for thousands of federal programs in violation of an act of Congress.—
Lawrence Norden,
TIME,
12 Feb. 2025
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Prions behave differently than viruses and bacteria and are virtually impossible to eradicate.—
Jim Robbin,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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In recent days the Trump administration and Musk have moved to eradicate the U.S. Agency for International Development, which is responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance worldwide.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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The renovation plan for that pyramid was aborted last February after an international outcry.—
Karen K. Ho,
ARTnews.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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But SpaceX aborted an attempt to again catch the booster back at Starbase due to a problem with sensors on the launch pad's tower.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Cancel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancel. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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