How to Use repeal in a Sentence

repeal

verb
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  • That may be the last chance for at least two years to repeal the debt ceiling, once and for all.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Democrats, meanwhile, have pushed for years to repeal the state's tax on groceries.
    — Stephen Groves, ajc, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The House proposed repealing it this year in House Bill 1199.
    — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
  • One of the questions listed on the school’s FAQ page about the cuts asks if the decision can be repealed or reversed.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In the five years after permit-to-purchase was repealed, the murder rate rose 14%, one study found.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 8 May 2023
  • Texas Democrats have tried to repeal the law every session since the Supreme Court’s ruling.
    — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Arizona's governor has since signed a bill that repeals the ban.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
  • The two men have been pushing to repeal the measures for several years.
    — Mary Clare Jalonick, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2023
  • That means repealing them would leave a $3 trillion revenue hole to fill.
    — Catherine Rampell, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
  • But while some Democrats who were among the law’s critics are now in power, efforts to repeal or revise the law have yet to move forward.
    — Anna Clark, ProPublica, 11 July 2023
  • Trump’s push to repeal the Affordable Care Act was a key promise of his 2016 campaign.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Some have since been repealed while others are being challenged in court.
    — Christine Fernando, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Republicans could seek to repeal the IRA to free up money to finance those tax cuts.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
  • As the challenges dragged on and led to a slew of different rulings, the Trump-era EPA repealed the rule and in 2019 created a new, weaker rule.
    — Ann E. Marimow, Timothy Puko and Robert Barnes, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
  • Its real purpose was to repeal the two-thirds vote requirement for the state budget.
    — Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Romney had promised in 2012 to repeal Obamacare, only to take credit for it three years later.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Gress insisted there are votes to repeal the 1864 law, even though his attempt on Wednesday morning failed.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
  • But some lawmakers are already aiming to repeal the changes.
    — Kate Zernike, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023
  • The question on the ballot is worded to ask if voters would like to repeal the existing sales tax and replace it with a new one that would last for 40 years.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
  • If the Arizona House votes yes on the bill, however, there are still more steps and procedures before the ban is formally repealed and off the books.
    — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Oh, and repeal the biggest expansion of health care in half a century.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 10 July 2023
  • Advertisement All are measures Vox has vowed to try to repeal.
    — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • But some e-cigarette shops, like J Well Belleville in the east of Paris, expect the ban to be partially or totally repealed.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2023
  • If Trump were to win the election next month, a cohort of Republicans would almost certainly push to repeal some of it, if not the whole thing.
    — Justin Worland, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Complicating the equation is the fact voters may repeal the CCA via an initiative on the Nov. 5 ballot.
    — Carleen Johnson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Members of the coalition underscored that their goal was not to be classified as an event but to have the freedom to ride up and down a public street, but the city would not repeal its ban.
    — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Even if Trump is re-elected and does repeal Biden's executive order, some changes wouldn't be felt right away.
    — Harry Booth, TIME, 10 July 2024
  • Lawmakers should repeal them and revert to a more limited use of the castle doctrine to prevent the deaths of their constituents.
    — Cedric Dark, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
  • The new tax, if adopted, would remain in effect unless repealed by voters.
    — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
  • There's nothing special about laws created via ballot measure — they can be altered or repealed like any other statute.
    — Mike Deehan, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024

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