vacating

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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 titles and ending careers are powerful deterrents, but in America’s professional sports leagues, the commissioners have been resistant to mete out such punishments.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 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

"Vacating all discipline affirms the players' unwavering position that all allegations the League made about their alleged `intent-to-injure' were utterly and completely false."

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 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