has abdicated
- present perfect of abdicate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Congress has abdicated many roles to the executive branch, but the Senate continues to guard closely its constitutional power of advise and consent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
But you assert that he has abdicated his responsibility as the head of a major media company.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2023
“The department has abdicated its responsibility under the Constitution to provide minimal protections to the people it locks up,” Kendrick said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
The 59-year-old - his country's 126th emperor - takes over from his 85-year-old father Akihito, who has abdicated.
From BBC ● May 1, 2019
I stood near him, and wept with him, and then asked why we wept; and he replied, "The Prince Elector has abdicated."
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno
