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abdication

[ab-di-kay-shuhn] / ˌæb dɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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It’s about inertia and abdication, not solutions, and while I don’t entirely love this strange comedy, I’m giddy that it’s lurched into existence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

She regrouped with the left-wing bloc and parliament re-elected her prime minister five days later, making her Sweden's first woman head of government since the abdication of Queen Ulrika Eleonora in 1720.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Seeking an order for heavier indemnity costs to be made against the authority, the barrister accused some of its representatives of a "scandalous abdication of responsibilities".

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Regurgitating a pre-existing plot with scant evidence of a single new idea, the movie amounts to an abdication of human creativity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

And by destruction I mean precisely the abdication by Americans of any effort really to be free.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin




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