Repeal means To cancel, invalidate, annul. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like cancel or overturn.
Repeal in a sentence
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Repeal meaning
- To cancel, invalidate, annul.
- To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.
- To suppress; to repel.
Synonyms of Repeal
Example sentences (20)
Even better news would be if Rubio and others sought to repeal daylight saving time and make standard time permanent.
However, the government had to repeal that provision after the government lost a court case raised by the Commission.
Let's hope that the GOP members who pushed for this own up to the mistake and fight equally as hard to repeal the law.
Trump is not alone — almost every elected Republican wants to repeal the ACA, including those in our home state.
It wasn’t the will of the people to repeal Glass-Steagall in the 1990’s; the Wall Street banks were delighted.
In 2015, the company spent $9 million supporting a failed referendum to repeal a crackdown by the city of Austin, Texas.
Also on Thursday, the House voted 35-4 to repeal the sunset date on the state’s education tax credit program.
In a communique issued after the meeting, the gathering also called for an immediate repeal of the L.I. 2462.
Following a repeal of the Kano State Emirates Council Law, Governor Abba Yusuf reinstated Muhammadu Sanusi as Emir of Kano.
These bills seek to repeal and supplant the existing Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Indian Evidence Act.
Certainly, the current efforts to repeal Washington’s Climate Commitment Act — Initaitive 2117 — need to be soundly defeated.
Cotham said later that day that while she didn't support the permit repeal, she had informed both parties she would be absent.
If adopted, would repeal the authority of political subdivisions to adopt or enforce juvenile curfews.
After gaining a narrow majority in the House the midterm elections, Republicans attempted to repeal the new IRS funding entirely.
He also called on Beijing to repeal the security law and end its persecution of political activists.
The UK government introduced legislation to repeal that legislation, with effect from July 21, 2022.
The U.S. Senate is set to vote later Wednesday on a measure seeking to repeal the Biden administration rule finalized in December.
The U.K. is still lagging Continental Europe due to the repeal of the tax-free program, which gives breaks to high-spending tourists.
Breitling talks about what the impact of the repeal of the grocery tax could have future budgets.
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump pledged to immediately repeal and replace the ACA.
Common combinations with repeal
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to repeal 89×
- repeal the 57×
- repeal of 44×
- the repeal 41×
- would repeal 15×
- repeal and 9×
- and repeal 6×
- repeal it 5×
- for repeal 5×
- repeal or 4×
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