revoke

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Recent Examples of revoke One of the biggest questions: Who is most at risk of being deported since Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela on Saturday? Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025 Sports gambling businesses that violate the rules could have their license revoked. Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025 Bonta has already joined at least two multi-state legal challenges to stall Trump’s actions revoking birthright citizenship and potentially freezing trillions in federal spending. Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025 The Defense Department removed former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley's detail on Jan. 28 and revoked his security clearance. Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for revoke 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revoke
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  • As part of a broader immigration crackdown, his administration quickly canceled all appointments people had made through a U.S. government app.
    Julie Watson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Deployment to Ukraine is canceled, deployment to Gaza, however, is still on the table.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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  • They were allegedly left abandoned in an apartment when their family were evicted.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2025
  • This idea must be fought, stopped, and abandoned completely!
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025
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  • If this sounds familiar, that’s because a live-action Dungeons & Dragons series was originally plotted at Paramount+ in January 2023, before ultimately being scrapped in May of the following year.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The Lincoln one-cent coin could be scrapped, with Trump ordering the Treasury Department and U.S. Mint to stop producing the coins.
    Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
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  • Project 2025 also recommends rescinding federal civil rights protections for LBGTQ students, reducing funding for students with disabilities, and doing away with federal student debt forgiveness programs.
    Richard Stengel, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Among other things, the president withdrew from the landmark Paris Agreement, rescinded 78 Biden-era executive actions and implemented a federal hiring freeze.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 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
  • 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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  • 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
  • Under the Congressional Review Act, each regulation can be repealed one by one with a simple majority vote in each chamber and the signature of the president.
    David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Feb. 2025

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“Revoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revoke. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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