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rescission

[ri-sizh-uhn] / rɪˈsɪʒ ən /


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Federal officials said the rescission will remove the national designation of roadless areas but does not mandate timber cutting or road construction.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Similarly, a mistake can justify rescission when both parties are wrong about an essential fact, the law firm says.

From MarketWatch May 20, 2026

“Because it is the unmaking of an agreement, rescission is an extreme remedy and should only be granted by a court of equity when it is ‘clearly warranted,’” the court wrote in the unsigned opinion.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

The five-judge appeals panel determined that McCormick ruled improperly in ordering a rescission, the tossing out of Musk's package in its entirety.

From Barron's Dec. 19, 2025

But everyone recognised his mistake, and how could a church be nationalised better than by the rescission of the decree?

From The Untilled Field by George (George Augustus) Moore

From then on, presidents had to request rescissions from Congress—essentially asking permission to withhold funds after they had been included in an appropriations bill.

From Barron's Oct. 6, 2025

If a final agreement isn’t reached by Friday, the rescissions package will expire and the funds will remain available.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2025

Similarly, the significant health and climate benefits sacrificed with these rescissions disproportionately harm people with compromised health and communities with high exposure to pollution or weather impacts.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2025

Simpson said that without such rescissions, as they are called in Washington, he couldn’t vote for the agriculture spending bill because the cuts “would have just been devastating.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 28, 2023

In 30 days I will send back to you those items as rescissions, which if I had the authority to line them out I would do so.

From State of the Union Address by Ronald Reagan




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