as in to abolish
to put an end to by formal action
a law that was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional
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Recent Examples of strike down
Several Biden-era student loan forgiveness initiatives have been either struck down by courts or withdrawn, and mass debt relief is unlikely to happen under the Trump administration.
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Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Since then, the Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action in college and university admissions process; Florida has gotten rid of funding for public universities to use for DEI programs; laws governing transgender sports have proliferated across the states.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
The high court is expected to issue some type of ruling to either uphold the law that would ban TikTok, strike down the law on First Amendment grounds and save the app or step in on a temporary basis to save TikTok until the court issues its final opinion.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Usually, that resulted in narrowing or striking down such laws.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Since then, the Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action in college and university admissions process; Florida has gotten rid of funding for public universities to use for DEI programs; laws governing transgender sports have proliferated across the states.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
The high court is expected to issue some type of ruling to either uphold the law that would ban TikTok, strike down the law on First Amendment grounds and save the app or step in on a temporary basis to save TikTok until the court issues its final opinion.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Usually, that resulted in narrowing or striking down such laws.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strike down
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About a quarter century after slavery was abolished in Puerto Rico (1873), another Afro-Puerto Rican genre emerged known as the plena.—
Vanessa Diaz,
Rolling Stone,
20 Jan. 2025
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Trump said in December that the debt ceiling should be abolished, a position shared by some liberal lawmakers.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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Lawmakers have steadily eliminated interest subsidies during the last two decades, and this would be one of the last major subsidies to repeal.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Some of the orders targeted asylum seekers crossing the southern border while others repealed birthright citizenship to children born to undocumented immigrants on U.S. soil.—
Kate Linderman,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2025
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SpaceX is developing the Starship system, which could provide a reusable alternative, but moves to cancel SLS — which has been criticized over unsustainable costs and numerous delays and quality control on the part of lead contractor Boeing — will likely face resistance.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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His input as captain goes into the decision to cancel morning skates, to cancel practices.—
Arpon Basu,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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Trump also moved ahead with rolling back EPA tailpipe emissions rules that Republicans have characterized as an effective requirement for consumers to buy electric vehicles.—
Daniel Moore,
Axios,
21 Jan. 2025
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Trump was expected to issue a flurry of executive actions on his first day in power, including edicts aimed at cracking down on undocumented immigration at the southern border, opening up oil drilling in the Arctic, and rolling back diversity and inclusion programs.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2025
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And no one still with this organization will avoid the sting of Rantanen’s being traded.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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Also, avoid flying on Sundays and Mondays, which tend to be the most expensive due to weekend trips and business travelers, according to 2024 data from flight app Hopper.—
Amelia Edelman,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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That came in response to a Supreme Court ruling last year that granted Trump sweeping protections from criminal liability over his role in trying to overturn his 2020 loss to Biden.—
Chris Megerian,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Evidence stored in the kits, sometimes for decades, allowed cold cases to be solved and wrongful convictions to be overturned.—
Sheila McClear,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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