How to Use rescind in a Sentence

rescind

verb
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  • The navy rescinded its ban on women sailors.
  • The company later rescinded its offer.
  • This deal stinks to the heavens and should be rescinded.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2024
  • She was found to have been 14, two years too young, and her medal was rescinded.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Would rescind the corporate tax cut in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
    — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Others would swap amounts and then rescind and change them again.
    — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Khan then called for the offer of a state visit to be rescinded.
    — NBC News, 3 June 2019
  • That was the third — and by far the strongest — rebuke of Trump's efforts to rescind the program.
    — Emma Platoff, star-telegram, 1 May 2018
  • The board sued in 2017 after the program was rescinded.
    — Tatiana Sanchez, SFChronicle.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Right to Life got approval for the credits — to rescind its approval for the credits.
    — Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The plaintiffs want the board to rescind the changes to admissions at Lowell.
    — Emma Talley, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The city will rescind its claim in court records that Brown's injuries were caused by his own actions.
    — Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The hiring drew the ire of the ADL and Greenblatt, who urged the administration to rescind it.
    — Ben Collins, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Trump is seeking to rescind that exemption, which is tied up in the courts.
    — Randy Essex, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The filing seeks to force Gascón to rescind his directive.
    — NBC News, 2 Jan. 2021
  • The Warriors have until 6:30 p.m. Sunday to decide whether to let the trade stand or rescind it.
    — oregonlive, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Beshear, a Democrat, called on Biden to rescind Meredith's name.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 15 July 2022
  • Over the summer she was forced to mount a strategic retreat as the board rescinded the tax.
    — Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, 19 Apr. 2018
  • After the trial period, the city will assess how the events went and whether to rescind the law.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2022
  • The gag order has since been rescinded by a higher court.
    — Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Now, the department is taking steps to rescind the rule.
    — Trisha Thadani, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 2018
  • The fire alert will remain in effect until rescinded by the State Forester.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 27 Sep. 2019
  • But even though the judges didn't see his vision, the crowd rallied behind him, cheering for the judges to rescind their X's and send Lapidus through to the next round.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2022
  • As soon as the organizing drive ends, the hotel can rescind it.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Three of the largest daily papers in the state rescinded their endorsements of him.
    — Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns, New York Times, 25 May 2017
  • But the new council voted to rescind approval of that contract.
    — Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2021
  • In March, Cook County rescinded and restructured the program, and the case was closed.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • One issue is what Russia can do that would prompt the West to rescind the restrictions.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The agency is seeking to require Apple to rescind the allegedly unlawful rules and notify its entire U.S. workforce of their legal rights.
    — Daniel Wiessner, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The ban triggered employee protests and the circulation of a petition, signed by a majority of Noguchi Museum employees, calling for it to be rescinded and for those resisting the ban or wearing kaffiyehs not to be subject to punishment.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 26 Sep. 2024

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