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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

He has argued it would not be feasible to abolish leasehold overnight, as this would involve instantly establishing millions of commonhold associations and would impact the mortgage market.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

The party says it would abolish business rates for pubs to drive footfall to High Streets, with further policies set to be announced in due course.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

Yet when language scholars try to debunk the spurious rules, the dichotomizing mindset imagines that they are trying to abolish all standards of good writing.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Some of this friction is inevitable; care tasks are cyclical, after all, and no system abolishes effort entirely.

From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2026

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

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

The first Southern State that abolishes slavery will do herself an immortal honor.

From The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Hinton Rowan Helper

Murrill told lawmakers last year that defending the state against these claims consumes an enormous amount of time and resources and that the fund should be abolished altogether.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

Hichilema, a businessman who won office in 2021 on his sixth attempt, has pursued market-friendly reforms, abolished the death penalty and sought to restore investor confidence.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

When U.S. regulators in 1975 abolished fixed trading commissions—blowing up a decades-old system that had shielded stockbrokers from competition—Schwab started one of the first discount brokerages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

“No, I don’t think Thanksgiving should be abolished, but let me tell you more about how groceries should be cheaper.”

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

The act, in effect, abolished poll taxes, literacy tests and other barriers to equal opportunity at the ballot box.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said abolishing Healthwatch England was part of plans "to simplify the patient safety landscape".

From BBC ● May 30, 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

Lincoln may be best known for saving the Union and abolishing slavery, but “Boss Lincoln” contends that “party organization” was “Lincoln’s life’s work.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

The efforts to dig a channel for Might had failed, even when it was turned to the spirit and now he was feeling his way towards abolishing it.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White