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
In 2023, a Supreme Court decision struck down race-conscious preferences in college admissions and was followed by a wave of lawsuits against company diversity efforts.
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Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
After the ban was struck down, states have been allowed to legalize sports betting and launch their own programs.
—Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
But in 2021, a federal judge struck down his ban on drilling, and public outcry ratcheted up amid rising gas prices.
—Miyo McGinn, Outside Online, 22 Jan. 2025
Last June, the high court struck down the exemption as the IDF suffered personnel shortages in the ongoing war.
—NBC News, 18 Jan. 2025
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Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
After the ban was struck down, states have been allowed to legalize sports betting and launch their own programs.
—Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
But in 2021, a federal judge struck down his ban on drilling, and public outcry ratcheted up amid rising gas prices.
—Miyo McGinn, Outside Online, 22 Jan. 2025
Last June, the high court struck down the exemption as the IDF suffered personnel shortages in the ongoing war.
—NBC News, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strike down
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The president, however, doesn’t have the authority to abolish the agency by executive order.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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In 1981, President Reagan went on a crusade to abolish the NEA, with multiple plans to break it apart, ranging from an immediate halt to halving its budget.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
1 Feb. 2025
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On Monday, 19 Republican state attorneys general wrote to Costco demanding the company repeal its DEI policies within a month.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
31 Jan. 2025
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And hats off to everyone currently trying to figure out if their newborn babies are American citizens or not after Trump tried to rewrite the Constitution, repealing birthright citizenship via executive order.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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Black History Month is simply too ingrained now to cancel, Miletsky said.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Thousands of artists have called on Christie’s to cancel an upcoming auction of art made by artificial intelligence.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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No record of post on Trump’s account Trump began his second presidential term with a flurry of executive orders, one of which rolled back DEI programs in all agencies in the executive branch.—
Joedy McCreary,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Other big, powerful corporations like Target and Meta and Amazon were more substantially rolling back their DEI initiatives.—
Gene Demby,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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Maersk has been avoiding the area since December 2023, when Houthi militants began attacking ships in the region.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Feb. 2025
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There is value in doing that at times, but there is also value in strategically avoiding things for a certain period of time.—
Malaka Gharib,
NPR,
6 Feb. 2025
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The conflict over the Colorado River in many ways resembles California’s internal conflict, including an uncertainty over whether governments can overturn or ignore water rights stretching back to the 19th century.—
Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Speaker Adams said the City Council was exploring its options in overturning the City Hall's advice.—
Dan Gooding,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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