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abrogation

[ab-ruh-gay-shuhn] / ˌæb rəˈgeɪ ʃən /


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I wouldn’t be surprised if Westside residents who lost everything try to recall the mayor for her supposed abrogation of duty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

“If the state chooses for a human being who to fall in love with,” he said, “that would be the greatest abrogation of our most basic rights.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

Mr Samiullah and Mr Rashid started FastBeetle in 2019, just six months before the abrogation of Article 370.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2023

So a lot of this has been an abrogation by Congress.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2020

The Jesuits vigorously protested, and outraged Spanish public opinion demanded the abrogation of the treaty, so a few years later the desolated territory was restored to Spanish possession and Colonia remained Portuguese.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson




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