abolished
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Every coin America has ever abolished, from the half-cent in 1857 forward, died the same way.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The register, external lists 13,000 individuals and hundreds of institutions known to have invested in Britain's role in slavery between 1563 and 1807, when the trade was abolished across the British Empire.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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
Roosevelt, a football enthusiast who feared the game might be abolished, summoned leaders from the college football powerhouses of the day—Harvard, Yale and Princeton—to the White House and demanded reform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In early 1863, the war was going badly in the North and it was not clear that the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution—which abolished slavery—would pass Congress and be ratified by the states.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
