revoking

verb

present participle of revoke
as in canceling
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) the judge revoked the jail sentence when the defendant promised to do community service instead

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Recent Examples of revoking The following has zero to do with TCU’s revoking the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s credentials to cover TCU athletic events. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026 However, experts said revoking a visa alone may have little impact on someone already in the country. — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 With the approval, Starfish can operate for two years, but city staff said there is also a formal process for revoking its special use permit, if persistent problems arise. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026 By the end of 2017, the subsidiary paid $20 million to Rivera’s company, Interamerican Consulting, before revoking the contract. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026 In January, major grain traders withdrew from the soy moratorium, which helped slash deforestation over its nearly two decades in effect, after top soy-producing states passed bills revoking tax benefits for participating companies. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 The rollbacks include eliminating greenhouse gas regulations, expanding fossil fuel production, revoking the 2009 EPA Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding, exiting the Paris Agreement and more. — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2026 Structured within a broader tax liability policy, this transactional risk product can help protect buyers against the financial fallout of a tax authority revoking a credit. — Dr. Dick Bridy, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Damage has been done even if the FCC stops short of revoking the licenses, the network said. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revoking
  1. canceling
  2. abandoning
  3. scrapping
  4. repealing
  5. aborting
  6. rescinding
Verb
  • No, fans weren’t punishing USC for canceling the Notre Dame series.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Between 2019 and 2021, for example, the president proposed canceling Roman (then called WFIRST) three separate times in three different budget requests.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of canceling
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  • For Roman's team, the prospect of abandoning the telescope just before the finish line hit hard.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Still, the numbers do not show that investors are broadly abandoning Bitcoin for Solana.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of abandoning
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  • The Venice Film Festival is weighing scrapping its traditional opening jury press conference on the Lido.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
  • And that’s only if the washing machine is worth keeping and not scrapping altogether.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of scrapping
Verb
  • The Council earlier this month approved an ordinance repealing a July measure that directed the city manager to assess living conditions at the apartments and make emergency repairs.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
  • That includes prohibiting the construction of AI data centers in rural Texas neighborhoods, reducing the impacts of data centers on local communities, and repealing sales tax exemptions and other incentives.
    — Jack Fink, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of repealing
Verb
  • After aborting a Starship test flight last week, SpaceX plans to try again this Thursday evening.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Antonelli made the mistake of aborting his lap, thinking there were double yellow flags.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of aborting
Verb
  • The usual way a federal agency goes about rescinding an existing regulation is through a time-intensive process that involves proposing a new rule and taking public comment before issuing the final version.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The couple allege that Jacques, who represents Sjöö’s estate, breached contract conditions in selling the paintings to them and subsequently rescinding the sale.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of rescinding

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“Revoking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revoking. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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