abolishing

Example Sentences

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While the manifesto links this to the abolishing of local connection rules, the city council said this was due to changes in the way asylum applications were processed by the Home Office.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 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

He has eliminated whole layers of government, abolishing eight ministries or agencies and cutting nearly 150,000 jobs from the state payroll, while pushing ambitious rail and power projects.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 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

The group collected four hundred thousand signatures from women who supported the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling