abolished
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We’re fighting a society that wants to keep our work in the dark, to pretend that this isn’t happening, that it can be abolished by throwing people into prison.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
All 10 city, county, district and borough councils in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are due to be abolished and replaced with new unitary authorities.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
The Department of Community Affairs, the state agency that oversaw all the local government growth planning and limited development, was just abolished outright.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
After the Civil War, Congress dissolved the reservations and land was allotted to the individuals who lived there as federal law weakened or abolished tribal governments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The anti-witchcraft legislation was, however, abolished in 1736.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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