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Several Biden-era student loan forgiveness initiatives have been either struck down by courts or withdrawn, and mass debt relief is unlikely to happen under the Trump administration.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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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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Among Monday’s moves, Trump rescinded one of the defining moments from the early days of President Joe Biden’s term: repealing the ban on open trans military service (a policy that Trump initially unveiled during a July 2017 tweetstorm).—
Nico Lang,
Them,
21 Jan. 2025
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Trump is expected to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas drilling projects, reversing the Biden administration's September 2023 decision to cancel leases as part of efforts to protect 13 million acres of wilderness, The Washington Postreported.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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New presidents can — and often do — issue orders to cancel the orders of their predecessors.—
Josh Boak,
Chicago Tribune,
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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After Trump won, many companies have rolled back their diversity, equity and inclusion policies.—
Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Spencer Kimball,Christina Wilkie,Annie Nova,Brian Evans,Alex Harring,Yun Li,
CNBC,
20 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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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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Airlines, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, JetBlue, and Alaska Airlines, joined by trade group Airlines for America and the International Air Transport Association, sued in May to overturn the rules.—
David Shepardson,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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One concerned Trump's actions related to the January 6, 2021, riot at the United States Capitol and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.—
Gabe Whisnant,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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