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abolish

[uh-bol-ish] / əˈbɒl ɪʃ /


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Given such concerns, to say nothing of the general inconvenience associated with daylight-saving time, it’s no surprise that there have been a growing number of calls to abolish the back-and-forth clock changing.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

If we abolish SRG, we will have to reinvent it later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

But in a move to reassure financial markets and business, Jenrick will promise to reform the OBR, rather than abolish the economic forecaster.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Cinthya Martinez, a UC Santa Cruz professor who has studied the movement to abolish ICE, noted that it stems from the movement to abolish prisons.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2026

The valiant efforts to abolish slavery and Jim Crow and to achieve greater racial equality have brought about significant changes in the legal framework of American society—new “rules of the game,” so to speak.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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