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repealing

  • present participle of repeal.

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Repealing the EV sales mandate with stronger tailpipe-emissions rules “avoids undue burdens on the Canadian auto industry,” Carney said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Repealing such programs — and potentially undermining the endangerment finding — would be akin to “denying the concept of gravity,” Ortiz said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

Repealing Algeria‘s “press offense” law has been under discussion in parliament for more than a decade.

From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2023

Repealing the law's tax credits would save the United States $570 billion over the coming 10 years, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office -- roughly 12% of the bill's $4.8 trillion budget savings.

From Reuters • Apr. 27, 2023

This coffee-house is of antiquity, but is chiefly memorable for its useful files of newspapers and for its having been the central committee-room of the Society for Repealing the Paper Duty.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter