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vacate

[vey-keyt, vuh-keyt, vey-] / ˈveɪ keɪt, vəˈkeɪt, veɪ- /


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The bank plans to file a motion to vacate the award.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

In this instance, Bowman does not believe Polis was right, nor was the appeals court that ruled to vacate Peters’ nine year sentence.

From Slate • May 21, 2026

The Justice Department moved to vacate a ruling that blocked its subpoenas to the Federal Reserve in a probe of Chair Jerome Powell.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

The landowners - Oxford University, Merton College and Exeter College - reached an agreement with the club and offered £4.3m for them to vacate the site.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

In some other world the child would already have begun to vacate him from his life.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy




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