abolishing

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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

The narrative that slavery “ended in 1865” with the 13th Amendment obscures the reality that abolition occurred unevenly across the Americas, with some nations abolishing slavery decades earlier than the United States.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026

Slovakia's constitutional court on Wednesday announced that it had suspended a law abolishing the country's whistleblower protection office, after protests in recent days.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

The FT suggests the chancellor is considering measures to tackle child poverty which stop short of abolishing the limit altogether.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

In Virginia, however, laws abolishing primogeniture and entail had been passed during the Revolution.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis