abolition

Example Sentences

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“We call for the abolition of the nuclear-sharing arrangements and advocate no deployment of nuclear weapons abroad by all nuclear weapons states, and the withdrawal of nuclear weapons deployed abroad,” said Geng Shuang of China.

From Seattle Times

Will the abolition of the qualifications agency the SQA, announced nearly two years ago, amount to more than a restructuring and a rebrand?

From BBC

In Webster’s telling, Molly was part of a “blended, multicultural family that was committed to abolition.”

From Washington Post

And draw the only lesson that makes sense: The abolition of nuclear weapons and energy.

From Seattle Times

Although the formal abolition of slavery in Europe and the United States was by then a done deal, images related to it were still in vogue.

From New York Times