- present participle of abolish.
abolishing
Example Sentences
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He also infuriated colleagues in the coalition government, the British press reported, proposing a stream of unconventional ideas: scrapping maternity leave, abolishing job centers, even buying cloud-bursting technology so Britain would have more sunshine.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Britain transported an estimated three million African people across the Atlantic before abolishing the practice in the early 1800s.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Lincoln may be best known for saving the Union and abolishing slavery, but “Boss Lincoln” contends that “party organization” was “Lincoln’s life’s work.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 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
The group collected four hundred thousand signatures from women who supported the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
