Example Sentences

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"The change that I was hoping to see through the amendment would have repealed that legal defence. It would not have created a new criminal offence and that's really important."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

It repealed the zero-tolerance policy, going so far as to invite revoked dealers to reapply for new licenses.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

They eventually succeeded in getting such rules repealed late last year.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Americans hated the laws, all but one of which was repealed under Adams’s successor, Thomas Jefferson, and the whole episode mars the second president’s otherwise splendid reputation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

In the entire history of the United States, no amendment to the US Constitution had ever been repealed.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler