did away with
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Chicago Public Schools was among the first big-city school districts to restore daily recess in 2012, after many of its elementary schools did away with it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Indeed the heart of Cédric Jubillar's case is that there is nothing – beyond the popular view that he is the ideal culprit – to prove that he did away with his wife.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025
Many of them did away with the door-to-door aspect entirely, and it was all about recruiting people on the internet.
From Salon ● May 21, 2025
So the state did away with them, through a series of necessary reforms.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
“Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with differences.”
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
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