repeal
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An economic recovery and repeal of cross-ownership rules in the mid-1990s spurred further consolidation, as studios and their corporate parents snapped up broadcast and cable networks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026
For instance, he might have threatened to repeal the $25 minimum wage for healthcare workers the state enacted in 2023 at the union’s behest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026
By the time he was in Downing Street he had already promised to repeal the legacy legislation having been ambushed by a member of the audience during at an event in Queen's University, Belfast.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Since then, French President Emmanuel Macron has endorsed the symbolic repeal of royal decrees that governed slavery in French colonies.
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
As the news of the repeal was broadcast over the radio, stores like New York’s Gimbels and Bloomingdale’s immediately opened their liquor departments.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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