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abolish

[uh-bol-ish] / əˈbɒl ɪʃ /


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The goal isn’t to abolish remote work, but to recognize that company has value.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Germany will raise its retirement age gradually beyond 67, abolish early retirement and expand compulsory pension contributions under a set of new recommendations backed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

"In making that manifesto commitment to bring the leasehold system to an end, we were not promising to immediately abolish leasehold outright," he said.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

And some lawmakers in North Carolina seek to follow suit: A bill introduced in the state Senate last spring seeks to abolish both homewrecker laws.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

He promised to abolish the Treaty of Versailles, calling it "unfair punishment."

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Some of this friction is inevitable; care tasks are cyclical, after all, and no system abolishes effort entirely.

From Salon Jan. 5, 2026

The new version of the constitution also declares Uzbekistan a "social state" with increased welfare obligations, abolishes death penalty, establishes greater personal legal protection, and allows non-farming land ownership.

From Reuters Apr. 27, 2023

The deal abolishes 99% of taxes on exports, saving Australia about $10 billion on exports including lamb, beef, sugar and dairy.

From Seattle Times Dec. 16, 2021

This time, one assumes the government will adhere to established procedures as it abolishes the program; it was the slapdash failure to follow rules that resulted in its losses in court.

From Washington Post Jul. 31, 2020

The author outlines a scheme which abolishes the drudgery and inspires the pupil with an enthusiasm for practice and formulates a method or system in which that practice may be carried out.

From The Influence of the Organ in History Inaugural Lecture of the Department of the Organ in the College of Music of Boston University by Buck, Dudley

Paris abolished them after a referendum in 2023.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Following a number of other controversial executions and a series of miscarriages of justice it was permanently abolished for murder in 1969.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

A freeholder can seek to repossess someone's home if a leaseholder doesn't pay service charges, something that will also be abolished under the reforms.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Undue Medical Debt said it’s abolished more than $40 billion of medical debt in all 50 states.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

The slave trade, but not slavery itself, is abolished in Washington, D.C., after January 1851.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

His policies include abolishing the House of Lords, banning the eating of noisy snacks in cinemas and scrapping VAR in football.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

An amendment abolishing slavery was passed by Congress in January 1865.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

He also infuriated colleagues in the coalition government, the British press reported, proposing a stream of unconventional ideas: scrapping maternity leave, abolishing job centers, even buying cloud-bursting technology so Britain would have more sunshine.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

On Sunday, a federal judge in Baton Rouge granted Duncan’s request for a temporary restraining order, declaring the bill abolishing the criminal court clerk position to be unconstitutional.

From Slate May 5, 2026

The efforts to dig a channel for Might had failed, even when it was turned to the spirit and now he was feeling his way towards abolishing it.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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