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The country's biggest union, Unia, also warned the initiative would weaken labour protections, abolish rules barring discrimination between resident and foreign employees and "open the door wide to wage dumping".

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

The party says it would abolish business rates for pubs to drive footfall to High Streets, with further policies set to be announced in due course.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

There was no urgent need to redefine the purpose and character of a museum, to abolish more than two centuries of acquired knowledge and start again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Given such concerns, to say nothing of the general inconvenience associated with daylight-saving time, it’s no surprise that there have been a growing number of calls to abolish the back-and-forth clock changing.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026

The valiant efforts to abolish slavery and Jim Crow and to achieve greater racial equality have brought about significant changes in the legal framework of American society—new “rules of the game,” so to speak.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

Musk creates an “official” label for high-profile Twitter accounts, and abolishes it hours later.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2022

Another new Maryland law abolishes life without parole sentences for juveniles, making Maryland law consistent with statutes enacted in the District and about 20 states.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2021

The new law erodes the effects of single family zoning, he said, "but it in no way overrides or abolishes it."

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2021

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

Police and crime commissioners will be abolished as part of plans to devolve powers to Norfolk and Suffolk and create a mayorship covering the two counties.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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 general minimum skill requirement was lowered, from graduate level to A-level equivalent, and the Resident Labour Market Test, which required companies to prove they could not hire locally first, was abolished.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

Tuesday's vote came after the lower house last week backed repealing outdated slavery legislation that was never annulled despite the practice being abolished in 1848.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

In early 1863, the war was going badly in the North and it was not clear that the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution—which abolished slavery—would pass Congress and be ratified by the states.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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

It recommended abolishing a scheme that allows people to retire early at 63, and expanding compulsory pension contributions to include civil servants and self-employed workers.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Both leaders came with lofty goals, yet discussed methodical steps that included a 50 percent cut in strategic nuclear arms, with the ultimate target of abolishing the entire global nuclear stockpile by the year 2000.

From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2026

“They were respectful,” said Janerio Taylor, a longtime Minneapolis activist, who supports abolishing the police department but conceded respect for their efforts handling the scene and working to reduce crime in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

Those spineless types who talk about abolishing the apostrophe are missing the point, and the pun is very much intended.

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