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repeal

[ri-peel] / rɪˈpil /




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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

Despite the changing opinions, Minsker, of the California Anti-Death Penalty Coalition, said there’s little appetite for another repeal attempt because of how expensive ballot measure campaigns have become.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

In 2024 a referendum to repeal it failed, 49.9% to 50.1%.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

In the immediate aftermath of the repeal of the proposed legislation, this academic postmortem, published in the monthly peer-reviewed journal Health Affairs, speculated that the MCCA’s failure was, indeed, partly due to financial reasons.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

As the news of the repeal was broadcast over the radio, stores like New York’s Gimbels and Bloomingdale’s immediately opened their liquor departments.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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

And these repeals would bar the targeted agency from ever taking a “substantially” similar action again.

From Slate May 14, 2025

Legislature repeals laws recently enacted for women; letters from Anna Dickinson and Greeley on the War; Miss Anthony's opinion of private schools; attends her last Teacher's Convention; in the Anti-Slavery lecture field; death of father.

From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

Because the GPO has been repealed, her teacher’s pension will no longer reduce or eliminate her spousal benefit.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

So many states had repealed so many firearm regulations that the District of Columbia’s stringent handgun ban looked like a true outlier.

From Slate Aug. 3, 2026

As a result, the passage of Measure G repealed Measure J.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Back in 2021, the government repealed agriculture laws after a year-long protest by farmers.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Although Prohibition ultimately failed and was repealed, Sunday refused to give up the fight against alcohol, calling for the reintroduction of the Prohibition amendment.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

But it soon became clear that repealing the previous legislation was one thing; how to replace it quite another.

From BBC Jul. 20, 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

Amid energy shocks in the 1970s, White House economic advisors in the Ford administration advocated against repealing the gas tax, which was four cents a gallon at the time.

From Barron's May 12, 2026

State lawmakers are also considering avenues to raise revenue, which include repealing a “water’s edge” tax break.

From Los Angeles Times May 3, 2026

It is as if anyone who proposed repealing a stupid law, like the one forbidding interracial marriage, must be a black-cloaked, bomb-clutching anarchist.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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