vacating

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His Friday decision issued remedies for those violations: Vacating both the mine’s approval and the environmental analysis of the project , as well as any other decision that relied on those documents.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2023

Vacating a role to enable a person more fitting to play it is one thing, but the crucial difference with "Big Mouth" is how they're doing it.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2020

Vacating the records, Rev. Jenkins said, sets a precedent that could “infringe on universities’ autonomy in deterring academic dishonesty.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2016

Re “Sanctions Decimate the Nittany Lions Now and for Years to Come,” July 24: Vacating the victories of the football team since 1998 is not an appropriate punishment for the misbehavior of the university.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2012

Vacating his position of safety he approached until he was close behind her where she stood with her back to the débris, and he saw that her hands were picking nervously at the paint-soiled apron.

From The Triumph of Jill by Young, F.E. Mills