disestablished
- past participle of disestablish.
- past tense form of disestablish.
Example Sentences
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The structure of state government and public infrastructure were built on the understanding that Congress had disestablished the former reservations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
The court‘s ruling was based on the U.S. Supreme Court‘s landmark 2020 decision that found that much of eastern Oklahoma, including Tulsa, remains an Indian reservation because it was never formally disestablished by Congress.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
But in Martinez’s case, the district court in Comanche County held a hearing specific to the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation and determined that reservation was formally disestablished by Congress in the early 1900s.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2021
It was launched in 1985 and disestablished in 2002 as the Pentagon reorganized in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2019
As one of the results of the American Revolution, the Anglican church was disestablished, and many of the welfare functions formerly performed by the parish vestry were assumed by the Overseers of the Poor.
From Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia by Netherton, Nan
