abolished

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On Feb. 4, 1794, while the country was convulsed in the violent political struggle known as the Terror, the National Convention abolished slavery in all French colonies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Last year, rival SK Hynix abolished its bonus pay cap for 10 years.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

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

The Ryanair aircraft will be moved to other European Union countries "that have abolished aviation taxes like Sweden, Slovakia, Albania and Italy", the company said.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

But this was concrete evidence; it was a fragment of the abolished past, like a fossil bone which turns up in the wrong stratum and destroys a geological theory.

From "1984" by George Orwell