repealed
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"The change that I was hoping to see through the amendment would have repealed that legal defence. It would not have created a new criminal offence and that's really important."
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
It repealed the zero-tolerance policy, going so far as to invite revoked dealers to reapply for new licenses.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
“That law was repealed as a failed policy,” said Shayla Myers, an attorney for the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles who has represented homeless litigants in lawsuits challenging city homeless policies.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
The last time we checked, Micron hadn’t repealed the laws of economics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
In 1933, by ratification of all the states, the Twenty-first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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