repeal
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Yet repeal is a possibility in some states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Apple has been one of the law's fiercest critics, calling on the EU to repeal the DMA last year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Morgan analyst Rajat Gupta noted, the decline is tied to several factors, including the repeal of federal EV tax credits and backlash tied to CEO Elon Musk’s stint in the U.S. federal government.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
By the time he was in Downing Street he had already promised to repeal the legacy legislation having been ambushed by a member of the audience during at an event in Queen's University, Belfast.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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
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Judges in New York and Washington blocked those repeals and said the high court had given “no explanation” for its decision upholding the repeal for Venezuelans.
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
This view of the subject presents an aspect as innocent as that which is produced when a subsequent law repeals a former one.
From The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) by Various
DST, which also helped conserve fuel during the first world war, was unpopular with farmers and was repealed after the war.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
It repealed the zero-tolerance policy, going so far as to invite revoked dealers to reapply for new licenses.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
They noted that companies and markets also moved from last year’s tariff crisis, even if they weren’t fully repealed and remain high.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026
Americans hated the laws, all but one of which was repealed under Adams’s successor, Thomas Jefferson, and the whole episode mars the second president’s otherwise splendid reputation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
On March 2nd, the Senate passed the Kansas-Ne- braska Bill which repealed the Missouri Compromise restriction and divided the Nebraska Territory into two territories: Kansas and Nebraska.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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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
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
The SEC is also repealing a post-dot-com-bubble rule that requires frequent stock traders to prepare significant cash reserves so as to prevent major losses.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
But corporations should still work to fill the gap that would be left by repealing the rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 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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