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repeal

[ri-peel] / rɪˈpil /




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Cleveland’s repeal of the 1890 Sherman Silver Purchase Act curtailed the monetary expansion that struggling farmers hoped would ease their debts, fracturing congressional Democrats and forcing the president to rely on conservative Republicans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Now, a group of students from the University of Chicago are pushing to repeel — ahem, repeal that law.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

The administration couldn’t repeal healthcare translation laws singlehandedly, Lynette Martins, a professor of health law at DePaul University, told me.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Givan announced his department was to repeal the SDC criterion and was launching a consultation, external to gather views on whether new legislation was also needed.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The protesters had issued an ultimatum, demanding that the government repeal the Black Act.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

In agreeing to hear the pair of cases, the justices did not disturb the lower court rulings that blocked the repeals for now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

Last week, the government introduced a new law that repeals and rebrands the scheme.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025

A major wave of repeals took place in 1985, when Minnesota, South Carolina, and Texas eliminated their blue laws.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 20, 2025

This year’s bill repeals what’s left of it.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

He simply repeals them, with a clause protecting all vested rights.

From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by A. F. Warburton

However, some of the ballot language in Measure G unintentionally repealed Measure J — an administrative error that was discovered in June 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Now, a group of students at the University of Chicago is trying to have the law repealed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Constitutional law expert Prof Frans Viljoen believes having the old law repealed is important because it would help to "clean up" the legislation and "close a chapter on the past".

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Despite this, the ABA has enjoyed an accreditation monopoly, which state policies have further entrenched, though some of those are now being reconsidered or repealed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

In 1933, by ratification of all the states, the Twenty-first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Education Department has moved toward repealing its recognition of the ABA council’s role in accrediting law schools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Forest Service, said this week that repealing the rule would give local agencies more authority over land management issues and help reduce barriers to wildfire risk reduction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

By repealing Balogun's ban, it can only make life more difficult for them.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

However, repealing the earnings test would likely lead to more people claiming Social Security early, hastening the system’s impending insolvency.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026

The ANC drafted a letter to the prime minister advising him of these resolutions and the deadline for repealing the laws.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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