abdication
Example Sentences
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But now his abdication moment has arrived, a year earlier than planned.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
That is both a terrible abdication of responsibility and a false application of principle that serves only the interests of the wicked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Such a recognition is an abdication not only of basic human decency, but also of national interest and strategic sanity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
My organization, UltraViolet, has been one of the leaders in the campaign to hold Meta accountable for its total abdication of the duty to protect users on its platform.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2025
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
Vocabulary lists containing abdication
Vocabulary From the Ninth Democratic Debate, April 14, 2016
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