abrogate

Example Sentences

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Did the attorney general really abrogate his duty to supervise Mr. Smith’s work?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

While there was pressure to abrogate the Indus Waters Treaty - a key river water sharing agreement - India opted instead to withhold any data beyond treaty obligations, Mr Bisaria writes.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

She declined to cite Windsor, Obergefell, or any other Supreme Court decisions that supersede and abrogate Lofton.

From Slate • Aug. 22, 2023

Duterte took steps, which he later withdrew, to abrogate a key security agreement with the U.S. that allowed large numbers of American forces to enter the Philippines for combat exercises.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2023

The pith of it was to abrogate the taxes on the country people, and in compensation place others on certain food-stuffs and wines, which had previously gone free.

From The Making of a Saint by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)