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abolition

[ab-uh-lish-uhn] / ˌæb əˈlɪʃ ən /


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"This is an unacceptable shift away from, and abolition of, the policy that urged companies to shorten work hours," the National Confederation of Trade Unions in Tokyo, commonly known as Zenroren, said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

"It's the celebration of the abolition of slaves, so it's a big day of memories," Twinsy says.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

My hope for this country: Revolution, liberation, abolition, community care, mutual aid, public services that actually allow people to thrive instead of like constant competition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Among the proclamations of the first French republic was an end to slavery in its island possessions—a forerunner of wider abolition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

And though the controversy did not immediately bring the abolition of slavery, the end was in sight.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

But the think tank argues abolitions also cost money and time in the short term, with services disrupted when powers are transferred.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025

Further abolitions and moratoriums since then mean that most countries no longer use the punishment, although several large nations including China, Iran and the United States maintain it.

From Reuters ● Oct. 9, 2021

Through most of the last century, “there was a strategic withdrawal from capital punishment as business-as-usual in European nations, long before abolitions started to spread.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2014

"We're sleepin' late, account of them midnight abolitions."

From Sundown Slim by Anton Otto Fischer

Born under the French Directory and the Presidency of Washington, Carlyle survived two French empires, two kingdoms, and two republics; elsewhere partitions, abolitions, revivals and deaths of States innumerable.

From Thomas Carlyle by John Nichol


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