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Which country abolished slavery in 1833 in many parts of its empire?

abolish

[uh-bol-ish] / əˈbɒl ɪʃ /


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He sought to create a selfless “New Man” and tried to abolish money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The goal isn’t to abolish remote work, but to recognize that company has value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Germany will raise its retirement age gradually beyond 67, abolish early retirement and expand compulsory pension contributions under a set of new recommendations backed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

The union also wanted Samsung to abolish a bonus cap of 50% of annual salaries and allocate 15% of annual operating profit to a bonus pool distributed to workers.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Cane sugar had brought millions of Africans into slavery, then helped foster the movement to abolish the slave trade.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

The new version of the constitution also declares Uzbekistan a "social state" with increased welfare obligations, abolishes death penalty, establishes greater personal legal protection, and allows non-farming land ownership.

From Reuters ● Apr. 27, 2023

RIP’s model of buying debt at discount prices is especially attractive to donors because on average, every $1 donated abolishes about $100 in face value medical debt.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

"It simply abolishes what we already have," Prof Sampson told BBC News.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2023

The deal abolishes 99% of taxes on exports, saving Australia about $10 billion on exports including lamb, beef, sugar and dairy.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021

Desire is so little will, that it often abolishes it, and leads man into acts that he does not impute to himself, for they are not voluntary.

From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Victor Cousin

The old town councils - abolished in 1975 - which provided local services for distinct communities, sometimes of only a few thousand people.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Every coin America has ever abolished, from the half-cent in 1857 forward, died the same way.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The elections were the first to be held under Kazakhstan's new constitution, which abolished the senate in favour of a new unicameral legislature and reset term limits that would have otherwise been imposed on Tokayev.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

On Thursday, fan groups from clubs across the country shared co-signed statements critical of VAR and calling for the video assistant referee technology to be abolished.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

But this was concrete evidence; it was a fragment of the abolished past, like a fossil bone which turns up in the wrong stratum and destroys a geological theory.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Even less serious offences would stay in magistrates' courts, abolishing defendants' right to ask for a trial by jury when they feel that is their best chance of beig cleared.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

An amendment abolishing slavery was passed by Congress in January 1865.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

He also infuriated colleagues in the coalition government, the British press reported, proposing a stream of unconventional ideas: scrapping maternity leave, abolishing job centers, even buying cloud-bursting technology so Britain would have more sunshine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

On Sunday, a federal judge in Baton Rouge granted Duncan’s request for a temporary restraining order, declaring the bill abolishing the criminal court clerk position to be unconstitutional.

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

“I wrote the letter abolishing the positions, including my own.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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