repeal
Example Sentences
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Jukeboxes helped save the music industry when record sales tanked during the Great Depression and people sought inexpensive entertainment after the repeal of Prohibition.
Several groups have vowed to fight the repeal in court.
From Los Angeles Times
The administration has claimed repealing the endangerment finding would generate more than $1 trillion in regulatory savings, without detailing how the figure was calculated.
From Barron's
The cabinet also decided to repeal a legal requirement for a transaction permit to complete any purchase of real estate, thereby reducing oversight meant to prevent fraud.
From BBC
One issue on which she is so far holding the line is on repealing the state’s right-to-work law that lets workers choose whether or not to join a union.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
