abdicate
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“It is not enough to invoke ethics in the abstract; robust legal frameworks, independent oversight, informed users and a political system that does not abdicate its responsibility are required,” he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal β May 25, 2026
In 2006, when a popular uprising forced the king to abdicate, Thapa was already a prominent figure in the pro-democracy movement and had been jailed several times for his role in street protests.
From Barron's β Feb. 27, 2026
Yet sometimes miracles happen, and Senates don’t entirely abdicate their constitutional advice and consent roles.
From Slate β Oct. 4, 2025
But the story that unfolded brought global spotlight on the case, while its complexity put the country's then British rulers in a spot of bother, and eventually forced an Indian king to abdicate.
From BBC β Jan. 11, 2025
By March 1917, Czar Nicholas II had been forced to abdicate the throne.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
It may serve his interests by distracting and deflecting but abdicates presidential responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 12, 2025
There's a lot of speculation over who might take over in her stead as Lakshmi abdicates her throne.
From Salon β Jun. 10, 2023
The order of succession sets out which member of the Royal Family takes over as monarch when the existing one dies or abdicates.
From BBC β Sep. 18, 2022
Better because it abdicates the throne of “is.”
From Slate β May 14, 2019
The king abdicates his throne, cedes his territory, deserts his followers, renounces his religion, relinquishes his titles, abandons his designs.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
A few months later, faced with military reversals and urban unrest, Nicholas abdicated the throne.
From The Wall Street Journal β Apr. 17, 2026
The plan is to invest in “everything our country has outsourced and abdicated over recent decades,” Combs says.
From Barron's β Mar. 27, 2026
Ayad Akhtar’s “McNeal,” which had its premiere last year at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater in a production starring Robert Downey Jr., failed precisely because it abdicated this responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 20, 2025
The tax agency largely abdicated enforcing the amendment, the newsrooms previously reported.
From Salon β Aug. 5, 2025
“You done abdicated my girl,” she howled, “but I’ll git her back. You watch!”
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
“Do I recommend not getting involved? Yes,” she added, abdicating all responsibility for the safety of the neighborhood.
From Slate β Jul. 27, 2026
Critics suggest police are abdicating decision-making about women's safety to an algorithm.
From BBC β Apr. 19, 2025
"She is abdicating her duty, and this is something that she needs to decide, not a jury. It's a question of law, not a question of fact."
From Salon β Apr. 3, 2024
Margrethe is abdicating 52 years on the day after she ascended the throne following the death of her father, King Frederik IX.
From Seattle Times β Jan. 13, 2024
He wanted to lie down in this redolent field, curl up in the green womb in the dazzling aura of these mountains, growing warm and drowsy under the sun, abdicating all responsibilities—and sleep.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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