abolition

"This is an unacceptable shift away from, and abolition of, the policy that urged companies to shorten work hours," the National Confederation of Trade Unions in Tokyo, commonly known as Zenroren, said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

"We want to return to this state permanently and therefore demand the abolition of the Video Assistant Referee in German football."

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

In April he said the "outright and immediate abolition of the leasehold system in England and Wales" would be "almost certainly impossible".

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

My hope for this country: Revolution, liberation, abolition, community care, mutual aid, public services that actually allow people to thrive instead of like constant competition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Many reformers took up this cause before they took on other social issues, such as abolition and suffrage.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

But the think tank argues abolitions also cost money and time in the short term, with services disrupted when powers are transferred.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025

Further abolitions and moratoriums since then mean that most countries no longer use the punishment, although several large nations including China, Iran and the United States maintain it.

From Reuters ● Oct. 9, 2021

Through most of the last century, “there was a strategic withdrawal from capital punishment as business-as-usual in European nations, long before abolitions started to spread.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2014

The English reductions and abolitions extended beyond France to the commodities of all countries alike.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by John Morley

Born under the French Directory and the Presidency of Washington, Carlyle survived two French empires, two kingdoms, and two republics; elsewhere partitions, abolitions, revivals and deaths of States innumerable.

From Thomas Carlyle by John Nichol