How to Use abolish in a Sentence

abolish

verb
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  • He is in favor of abolishing the death penalty.
  • In 2008, Nepal abolished its monarchy and went to the polls.
    — Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
  • And around 1974, the laws changed and the ordinance that said you were not allowed to dance in a club was abolished.
    — Daniel Scheffler, Spin, 28 Aug. 2023
  • For starters, Macron might reverse his move to abolish the wealth tax.
    — Catherine Poisson, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The Greek monarchy was abolished in 1973, after which the last King lived in exile in Britain.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Brazil was the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery, in 1888.
    — Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2023
  • And at least three states have abolished deadlines for people who were abused as children to sue.
    — Maryclaire Dale, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2023
  • In 2004, the New York Court of Appeals abolished the death penalty, and there is currently no one on death row in the state prison system.
    — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The in-season tournament is here and isn’t going to be abolished anytime soon.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Big news for cash bail critics:Illinois just became first state to abolish it.
    — USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • Debtors’ prisons were abolished by Congress in 1833, which is good news for the millions of Americans.
    — Jill Schlesinger, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • So the 13th Amendment states that slavery is abolished, except for punishment for a crime.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 20 June 2023
  • On today's The Excerpt podcast, what if the government abolished your 401(k)?
    — USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The six conservative justices on the court aren’t threatening to abolish Congress or seize control of the White House, of course.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The King’s Speech also mentioned plans to abolish a part of press regulation.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Democrats have been trying for years to abolish or at least amend the filibuster, but there have been holdouts—notably Sinema and Manchin.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 17 Jan. 2023
  • In 2010, the Supreme Court abolished sentences of life without parole for minors charged with crimes other than murder.
    — Issie Lapowsky Abdul Kircher, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Ohio joins the ranks of the majority of states who have either abolished the death penalty or have the option but have not used it in five years, or in most cases, even longer.
    — Molly Walsh | Mwalsh@cleveland.com, cleveland, 18 July 2023
  • The switch to daylight saving time should be abolished due to health and accident risks, as well as its impact on sleep schedules, a group of health experts said.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The question is made more acute by the fact that support for abolishing the electoral college has come almost entirely from one side of the aisle.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • Slavery may have been abolished more than 150 years ago, but its presence can still be felt in our government today.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 29 June 2023
  • So until your state can come to a conclusion about whether to abolish spring forward and fall back, enjoy your extra hour of sleep until next year.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The migrants did not know one another before leaving the troubled West African nation, which, in 1981, became the last country in the world to abolish slavery.
    — Jay Root, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Smith is chief executive of Republic, a protest group that seeks to abolish Britain’s monarchy.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 8 May 2023
  • The ruling from Judge Thomas Cunnington in December caused confusion across the state less than two weeks before cash bail was set to be abolished.
    — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Unlike the United States, though, the Dominican Republic had abolished slavery back in 1822.
    — Nora Mathison, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The Supreme Court appears ready to abolish affirmative action later this year.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Americans have been debating whether or not to abolish homework for almost a century and a half.
    — Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The octroi was finally abolished in 2017 as part of Modi’s signature GST reform on goods and services tax.
    — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The sentence was never carried out because the California Supreme Court abolished the death penalty in 1972.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023

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