abolished

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Undue Medical Debt said it’s abolished more than $40 billion of medical debt in all 50 states.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Tuesday's vote came after the lower house last week backed repealing outdated slavery legislation that was never annulled despite the practice being abolished in 1848.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

On Feb. 4, 1794, while the country was convulsed in the violent political struggle known as the Terror, the National Convention abolished slavery in all French colonies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The National Leasehold Campaign said it was "realistic" and "we know leasehold cannot be abolished overnight".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

“You know quite well,” he said, “that trial by ordeal has been abolished, and, as for doing it by purgation, it would be impossible to find the necessary number of peers for a Queen.”

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